Multicultural

SHOPRITE ADDS TO PRIVATE-LABEL LINEegar, sparkling apple cider and Panettone cake are three new premium, private-label products at ShopRite, a member of Wakefern Food Corp. here. All three items are imported from Europe, and are marketed under the...

LAS VEGAS -- Best practices for the merchandising of ethnic fresh foods require defining a look, tailoring the offerings to ethnic shoppers, and enhancing the in-store experience to reflect native shopping habits, according to industry experts who...

Responding to a growing demand for ethnic products, especially from Hispanics, retailers are stepping up their emphasis on international housewares items.Just as first- and second-generation immigrants shop for familiar foods, they also are...

Tortillas, beverages and canned vegetables are some of the many ethnic items that have found new favor among an audience that routinely borrows products from various ethnic groups. Retailers understand that growing sales are due to the increased...

NEW YORK -- It's a melting pot that constantly bubbles with change. Supermarkets doing business in New York's five boroughs are challenged by the scope of diversity here and the sudden changes that can take place in the ethnic makeup of 59...

There was a time when tapping into the mainstream spelled success to any retailer in the marketplace. America was the great "melting pot" and assimilation was the pathway for generations of immigrants to achieve their dreams and blend into the...

Once, ethnic Americans had to fight for their rights. But now mainstream American supermarkets are starting to fight for their dollars, and realizing that a good many of those dollars are being spent on specialized health and beauty care products...

In the last two years, the popularity of Greek foods has increased to the point that they are no longer being imported just by ethnic companies, but by mainstream companies, too, such as Kraft, according to Eric Moscahlaidis, president of Krinos...

CHICAGO -- Ethnic merchandising can be tricky especially if the retailer doesn't really know or understand what motivates his ethnic customers, a panel of retailers said here during a Food Marketing Institute workshop session on improving ethnic...

CHICAGO -- Supermarkets need to merchandise their stores individually to meet the needs of customers, including ethnic customers, according to a study scheduled for presentation May 7 at the annual Food Marketing Institute convention here.SN...