Nonfoods

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. — which this month launched an online paperless and completely digital coupon service at its A&P, SuperFresh, Waldbaum’s, and The Food Emporium banners — has also rolled out the program at its Pathmark stores as an easy and eco-friendly way for shoppers to save more.

U.K. meatless protein brand Quorn’s latest item is the Turk’y Burger, which offers just 90 calories per serving and half the fat of a comparable turkey product.

Women ages 20 to 30 represent a $54 billion marketing opportunity for packaged goods companies, but their needs and values are vastly different from the generation before them, a new report from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has found.

In response to attendee and exhibitor requests — and also to the difficult economy — international food and drinks exhibition Alimentaria 2010 will be held March 22 to March 26, 2010, in a single location: Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía venue.

With its new “Meals That Matter” campaign encompassing TV, print and digital elements, College Inn broth, a brand of Pittsburgh-based Del Monte Foods, has rolled out the largest advertising campaign in the brand’s history — one that not only spotlights its prize-winning flavor, but also aims to bring families together for dinner.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. yesterday posted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 of 84 cents, exceeding the Bentonville, Ark.-based mega-retailers’s guidance of 78 cents to 82 cents.

Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Food Co., recently inked a new long-term contract with CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling leader, to continue shipping the majority of its products on CHEP pallets from its 12 facilities in California, Arizona, North Carolina and Ohio to major supermarket retailers, club stores, foodservice distributors and wholesalers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The Supermarket Guru peers deep into his crystal ball to see what trends this coming year will bring for the food industry.