AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Markets celebrated June 30 as "Fish for Our Future" day to highlight its month-long, storewide promotion of sustainable, renewable seafood resources.The day's events, held throughout the chain's 125 retail operations...
The beef category may be capturing most of the headlines in the ongoing case-ready debate. But the questions haven't stopped retailers from quietly testing or adding prewrapped products to their seafood departments, SN has learned.Whatever a...
In the ocean of private label, seafood runs deep.Retailers are actively seeking out new waters in which to implement store-brand programs, including one of the most complicated in regard to food safety, shelf life and profits. Here, the trend has...
SEATTLE (FNS) -- Whole Food Markets has introduced a self-service seafood merchandiser offering up frozen items to customers here.The 16-bin, walk-around coffin case holds 14 stockkeeping units, and is signed with "Great Value. High Quality." The...
LONDON -- The Marine Stewardship Council based here has named EcoFish, Portsmouth, N.H., the first national distributor to receive the organization's chain of custody certification for seafood products certified sustainable as part of the MSC's ...
SEATTLE -- Central Market here took consumer education to a new level recently when it brought a group of college-level nutrition/dietetics students into its seafood department for a morning-long class.Central Market, one of six units owned and...
BOSTON -- Retail seafood managers caught in the store-level tide of consolidation have a number of options to boost sales and protect margins, according to panelists speaking at the International Boston Seafood Show."The labor problem remains the...
QUINCY, Mass. -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has promoted Dale Brazdis to vice president of perishable sales and procurement, a newly created position within the Ahold USA-held supermarket operator. He will oversee meat, seafood deli and in...
CLEVELAND -- Snyder International Brewing Group here is helping retailers stimulate sales in seafood and meat departments with a program called "Now You're Cooking."The program -- in stores since February of this year -- is currently running at...
OMAHA, Neb. -- In the latest example of retail consolidation's effect on the rest of the supply chain, Data Transmission Network Corp., here, and TradingProduce.com have announced plans to merge. Robert Bonavito, chief executive officer of...