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Displaying private-label items in a horizontal pattern on a shelf just below national brands has resulted in a 30% increase in own-brand sales at Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee, according to Jon Tisch, director of supply chain sales and...
Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing will host its first Fall Holiday Baking Efficient Program Planning Session March 9-11 at the Renaissance Houston Hotel Greenway Plaza. The show will focus on baking categories including various types of...
During the past year, supermarket retailers watched as federal mandates for renewable fuels helped double the price of corn, raising the price of animal feed, and as a result, steadily inflating the cost of products like meat and poultry. Bakeries...
There's a point at which the turnaround under way at Marsh Supermarkets becomes clear. Let's place that point at about 5 feet 9 inches from the ground. We're big on lines-of-sight here, but I'm vertically challenged, confessed Frank Lazaran, the...
Tyson Foods last week reported that it expects added costs of about $500 million for its grain and animal feed this year, as federal mandates for ethanol production continue to pressure corn prices higher, and soybeans continue to cede acreage to...
Spices including old-timers like ginger and cumin that are coming newly into the spotlight are set to pepper food service this year, according to Mintel researchers. That's one thing Mintel, a Chicago-based market research firm, sees ahead as...
Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets is trying something new with its sixth store: a huge array of prepared foods, both hot and cold, to cater to the hectic lives of its customers. They were added, said spokesman Dale Ohman, based on customer feedback...
Kroger Co. yesterday announced a voluntary recall of its Deli Chef Tri-Bean Salad due to possible contamination with Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which could potentially cause the foodborne illness botulism.
Signs on the economic horizon look grim for many shoppers the costs of gasoline and home heating have continued to rise this winter, unemployment is creeping back up in many parts of the country, inflation is at its highest point in 17 years, and...