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Spurred in part by Beef Checkoff Program promotions across the country, beef sales during 2007's grilling season topped the previous summer's sales, according to new data from FreshLook Marketing and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association...
In our Strategic Planner issue on Dec. 17, Fresh Market highlighted several big trends affecting retailers right in their stores: impending deadlines, like country of origin labeling in the produce and meat departments, and great opportunities for...
IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF BAD news for supporters of immigration reform. In a June statement acknowledging Congress' most recent failure to pass a comprehensive bill addressing the issue, President Bush said legal immigration is one of the top concerns...
RECALLS OF GROUND beef contaminated with E. coli numbered 20 this year, nearly matching the record of 21 such recalls in 2002 and in 2004. While no fatalities were recorded, at least one company was put out of business, and the U.S. Department of...
Driven by factors ranging from worldwide droughts to burgeoning demand for corn-based ethanol, food prices rose steadily last year. And there are several indications most notably the federal mandates to continue increasing ethanol production for...
Convenience still tops most priority lists when it comes to putting an evening meal on the table, but convenience and healthy alternatives can be combined. What's more, such a venture can be pretty profitable, as one New Jersey retailer has proved...
After years of reprieves, the produce, meat and poultry industries may finally be required to comply with mandatory country of origin labeling by September 2008. Many retailers are looking forward to COOL with a level of enthusiasm usually...
The Produce Marketing Association has confirmed more than 30 participants that will serve on the steering committee of its new Produce Traceability Initiative (See SN, Nov. 26, 2007, Page 1). They include food-service buyers Amerifresh, Applebee's...
It's a Perfect Storm of Opportunity. E. coli outbreaks in meat and bans on certain imports have consumers demanding food that's traceable; the explosive growth of the organic movement makes them nostalgic for simpler times; and the newfound...
Can the beef industry have its grass and eat it too? It depends on whom you ask. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an updated version of marketing standards for grass-fed meat. The agency tightened up the previous definition...