Back to School

Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover have rolled out an value initiative that will double the number of weekly sale items to help their customers make ends meet.

We knew folks were shopping less in stores during this Great Recession, and now there’s data suggesting that they’re shopping less on the Web.

Missy Chase Lapine, author of the bestseller “The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals,” is showing parents how to make kids’ preferred culinary indulgences with secret nutritious ingredients available for less at BJ’s Wholesale Clubs.

Mann Packing Co. and Minute Rice have joined forces on a fall promotion aimed at healthy family cooking during the busy back-to school season. Designed to provide shoppers with ideas and instructions for quick, easy and healthy meal solutions, the promo includes a $1 offer off any two Minute Rice products with the purchase of select packages of Mann’s fresh-cut vegetables.

Dannon wants consumers to view its yogurt as a key back-to-school staple, and so has launched a coupon promotion across several of its product lines.

While students will soon don their backpacks, a majority will forgo a lunch box this year, according to new findings from The NPD Group.

While the new school year may be just around the corner, the majority of consumers have yet to finish stocking up on needed school supplies, according to the National Retail Federation.

El Segundo, Calif.-based Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is bringing back its Shop for Schools fundraising program – with a few enhancements -- based on positive feedback from customers and local schools.