Produce / Floral

Compelling merchandising and aggressive promotion at retail are helping put meat, produce, deli, and bakery in a great field position for Super Bowl food feasts.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

SEATTLE and HERSHEY, Pa. -- If you like your coffee with chocolate, you'll love the new initiative planned by Starbucks Coffee Co. and the Hershey Co. The two companies have inked a development and distribution agreement designed to "help transform the premium chocolate segment," with a new Starbucks-branded premium chocolate platform that will hit the U.S. market starting this fall.

SEATTLE and HERSHEY, Pa. -- If you like your coffee with chocolate, you'll love the new initiative planned by Starbucks Coffee Co. and the Hershey Co. The two companies have inked a development and distribution agreement designed to "help transform the premium chocolate segment," with a new Starbucks-branded premium chocolate platform that will hit the U.S. market starting this fall.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In the latest move to expand its ethnic offerings, Winn-Dixie said yesterday that the Orthodox Union recently certified its two dairy plants -- one in Plant City, Fla., and the other in Hammond, La. -- bringing the grocer's total number of private label kosher products to just over 1,000.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In the latest move to expand its ethnic offerings, Winn-Dixie said yesterday that the Orthodox Union recently certified its two dairy plants -- one in Plant City, Fla., and the other in Hammond, La. -- bringing the grocer's total number of private label kosher products to just over 1,000.