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  • Consumer Confidence Index Falls to Lowest Level Since 1993

    NEW YORK - Retailers hoping for positive holiday sales might not like the latest report from New York-based The Conference Board, which reports that its already declining Consumer Confidence Index deteriorated even further in October.

  • Big Y Foods Recognized For Training, Development Excellence

    WASHINGTON -- The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) recently named Big Y Foods, Springfield, Mass., the winner of the first-ever Awards of Excellence competition, in recognition of the company's successful practices and accomplishments in human resources and training and development fields of the food retail industry.

  • Manufacturers Approve of Organic Labeling

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers of America today endorsed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's national organic program as a way to provide consumers with accurate labeling information about organic foods and ingredients.

  • Whitewash, not White Paper

    LANSING, Mich.-- Leaders of two Michigan retailer groups called a white paper issued by Attorney General Jennifer Granholm a "slap in the face to the retail industry."

  • Doctors want soymilk in school lunch program

    WASHINGTON (PRNewswire)--A medical group has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to broaden the federally funded school lunch program to include soymilk because many students, particularly minorities, have difficulty digesting cow's milk and other dairy products.

  • Wal-Mart Quits Mexican Trade Group

    MEXICO CITY - Wal-Mart de Mexico SA announced on Wednesday that it is quitting the country's supermarket trade group after it banned members from comparing prices with competitors, The Associated Press reports.

  • Smart Card Logic Catches On

    PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. - Smart card module shipments to the U.S. and Canada doubled in the first half of 2002 to $31.2 million, the Smart Card Alliance announced at its recently held annual conference.

  • FMI, American Meat Institute Voice Opposition to Country-of-Origin Labeling Guidelines

    WASHINGTON - The Food Marketing Institute and the American Meat Institute separately released statements opposing new country-of-origin guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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