Nonfoods

Male consumers are continuing to invest in their personal hygiene, according to recent research.

In this last of a six-part series, Dave Nazaruk, senior vice president, retail business development for StayWell/MediMedia USA, continues his exploration of the role of retail in revolutionizing health care and the economy.

Sleek new packaging is helping Crystal Light, a brand of Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods, set itself apart on grocery store shelves.

Eric Claus, president and CEO of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. since 2005, has left the company, effective immediately. No reason was given for Claus' departure, which comes in tandem with disappointing second-quarter fiscal performance by the Montvale, N.J.-based grocery chain.

ConAgra Foods’ pledge to reduce salt across its portfolio of food products by 20 percent by 2015 is an amazing effort.

Read much consumer research and you start to wonder whether people are passing the time during the recession by compiling lists of all the things they’ve stopped buying.

It would be hard to think of a new dimension the nutrition navigation system idea, various versions of which are currently being employed by retailers, CPG companies, private label product vendors and others, but a new initiative has done just that: The Affordable Nutrition Index (ANI), a food-rating program that analyzes both nutrition and cost value of food, made its official debut yesterday at the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Denver.

When it comes to alcoholic beverages, there will still be a good amount of holiday cheer in the coming months.