As grilling season heats up, producers are sweating the rising cost of animal feed, which, along with other factors, has caused a spike in prices and a decline in supplies of chicken, beef and pork products. Several retailers have either cut back...
Even as supermarket operators are preparing to face less of one formidable competitor, they are gearing up to face a new one. Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores said this year it would slow its pace of supercenter development somewhat, to no...
The leaders of two congressional committees have asked Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway to defend the practice of selling meat in low-oxygen modified atmosphere packaging containing carbon monoxide, a gas that retards spoilage and causes meats...
The immediate fallout from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement that it would quarantine at U.S. ports all shrimp, catfish, eel, basa and dace that originated in China was predictable. Chinese officials told their state...
Shoppers are more informed about product safety, whether environmentally friendly methods are used throughout the supply chain, and other information about the food and beverages they buy, according to a new study. Sixty percent of the U.S...
In a new addition to its private-label Active Lifestyle brand, Kroger Co. has launched a cholesterol-reducing, fat-free milk. This new cholesterol-reducing milk is a perfect example of Kroger providing customers the products they need and want to...
Last week 7-Eleven turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of The Simpsons fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art. Those converted stores include 11 in the U.S. and one in Canada. Those...
Procter & Gamble and Kellogg's prove that investing in developing world markets is not for the faint of heart. During a general session on globalization and international expansion at the Executive Conference of the Grocery Manufacturers...
Specialty food is becoming even more special. Sales grew 13% last year to $38.5 billion, according to a study by Mintel International, SPINS and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, based on scanner data of 36 categories ...