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A coalition of community organizations is seeking assurances from Tesco that it will go into underserved market areas, champion the environment and create good jobs — commitments the retailer has already made in previous public statements.
Safeway is prepared to open smaller-format stores if Tesco’s Fresh & Easy concept proves to be a winner with consumers, Steve Burd, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said yesterday at the Lehman Brothers Back-to-School...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed significant corrective measures on the nation's largest supplier of private-label organic dairy products, after investigators uncovered deficiencies in several critical areas, including access to pasture...
Beer is the best cure for a wine law hanging over Whole Foods. It began offering six local brews on tap and 200 types of bottled beer for off-premises consumption last month in its Beer Room, part of Whole Food's Bowery store in Manhattan. Beer...
Whole Foods Market's Northwest group recently set out to search for potential vendors, hosting a grower and supplier seminar that detailed how the chain is working with small local vendors. The chain is actively searching for Pacific Northwest...
This year, there have been major spikes in the price of animal feed due to the corn-based ethanol boom; fuel and electricity costs have remained stubbornly high; and droughts and extreme heat have ravaged farmland throughout the country. It would...
This year got off to a shaky start for the pet food industry with the recall of 5,300 items and a consequent drop in dog and cat food sales. Now the industry is bouncing back and resurfacing with a different focus. Consumers who saw their favorite...
New York One-third of food retailers have beefed up their ethnic-marketing initiatives, according to an SN survey. When asked which types of consumer promotions they're using more than before, 33% said ethnic marketing, compared with 21% who said...
It's no secret that U.S. minority populations are growing. The question is, what are food retailers doing about it? According to a new SN survey (Page 13), one-third of retailers are strengthening their ethnic-marketing initiatives. Such efforts...