Frozen Foods

As Jewish people around the world gather to celebrate Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Schenectady, N.Y.-based Golub Corp.’s Price Chopper banner is describing its new store in Colonie, N.Y., as “the premier destination for kosher products in the region.”

In an exclusive video interview with the editor of Global Convenience Store Focus, Tesco’s Fresh & Easy store design and planning director discussed the U.K. retailer’s development of its first U.S. store concept and changes it has made based on initial feedback from customers.

The latest iteration of Food Lion, LLC’s continuing commitment to environmental sustainability took shape with the opening of the grocer’s — and the state of South Carolina’s — first environmentally friendly grocery store in the Summit Commons Shopping Center.

Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Birds Eye Foods, Inc. from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners, Pro-Fac Cooperative and Birds Eye management in a deal valued at $1.3 billion.

Stonyfield Farm’s new packaging and redesigned Web site aim to convey a clear message to consumers about the wholesomeness of its organic and natural dairy products.

As part of an ambitious capital investment plan across Indiana and Illinois, The Kroger Co.’s 151-store Central Division this week cut the ribbon on a $9 million replacement store in Speedway, Ind., marking the largest store in the metro Indianapolis region.

Not content with offering a wide selection of shelf-stable pan-Asian foods, including All Natural Sauces, Noodles & Sauce, Noodle Bowls, Soup Bowls, Sushi Wraps and Rice Express products, San Rafael, Calif.-based Annie Chun’s, Inc. will branch into the frozen section this spring with two new products: Organic Potstickers and Mini Wontons.

In a year when consumers were looking to cut back anywhere they could, private label made inroads in a lot of categories, but took the biggest slices from segments like baby food and frozen pizza.