SUPERMARKET FRESH MEALS PROGRAMS have given consumers a good reason to eat at home. Not only can these meals be less expensive than restaurant food, they're just as convenient and, more important, have retained qualities like freshness and...
Prepared food departments puzzling over ways to build their breakfast business might take comfort in the fact that they are not alone. Restaurant owners face a similar set of challenges during the morning daypart. Basically, diners want different...
VG's Food Centers plans to expand its Health Connection nutritional labeling program to encompass its homemade recipes in the next few months, Nick Lenzi, the chain's director of merchandising, told a workshop audience at the National Grocers...
ShopRite Stores are underscoring the value of whole grains with an ad that accompanied the launch of a new line of whole grain loaf cakes and whole grain muffins made in the company's in-store bakeries. Whole grain loaf cakes, on special at $2.99...
The doughnut category has cycled through its share of ups and downs in recent years, reaching new peaks of popularity with the growth of Krispy Kreme, and then stumbling badly as one of many casualties of the low-carb diet craze. More recently...
Riesbeck's Markets, cited often for its huge sales of paczki prior to Lent, started early this year with stacks of the Polish pastries iced in black and gold the team colors of this year's Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was a...
SAFEWAY LAUNCHES WEDDING WEBSITE BELLEVUE, Wash. Safeway's Seattle division here has announced a new partnership with WedNet LLC that will give brides in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska the opportunity to view the company's selection of...
The recession is taking another bite out of the restaurant industry. Citing worsening economic conditions and increasing job losses, foodservice consultancy Technomic recently revised its nominal growth forecast for the U.S. foodservice industry...
The Seattle division of Safeway yesterday announced a new...
Contrary to some expectations, supermarket prepared foods departments are not seeing much benefit as the result of the economic downturn, a financial analyst said Monday.