Equipment & Design

NEW YORK -- According to a national study, consumers are increasingly trusting food retailers and manufacturers to provide them with information on nutrition, health, and cooking. Conducted this month by knowledge services company FIND/SVP, among 1,000 consumers, the study found that 78 percent of those polled would have confidence in nutritional advice from a food retailer.

ISSAQUAH, Wash. and NATICK, Mass. -- Costco Wholesale Corp. and BJ's Wholesale Club both racked up sales increases this past month -- but BJ's saw room for improvement as the company hoped for improved weather in the coming weeks.

Grocers should bone up on what's hot for back-to-school, to exploit key food and nonfoods business during the season's window of opportunity.

Coinstar is thinking about ways to help retailers turn the front of the store from a no man's land into a gold mine.

Food writers do a lot more than write recipes, and their coverage of local retailers can help stores get their own messages out to influential consumers.

Major chains and organic food manufacturers choose Earth Day to collaborate in a big step toward mainstreaming the category.

Associated Wholesale Grocers of Kansas City, Kan. is spreading the dollar store gospel as the path to success against mass discounters.

Major chains and organic food manufacturers choose Earth Day to collaborate in a big step toward mainstreaming the category.