Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

In a retail world of seemingly infinite choices, any channel is a viable option for the food shopper. Here's a look ahead at some of the most viable.

Tons of high-margin HBC products are overlooked by most supermarkets because buyers are hamstrung into choosing only the obvious.

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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Record high gasoline prices are leading large numbers of consumers to change how they shop and spend their income, with many people combining errands, eating out less often, and doing more at home, according to the findings from a new survey from ACNielsen, the leading provider of consumer and marketplace information.

WASHINGTON -- In a media briefing held here yesterday, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) detailed several suggestions for improving nutrition labeling on packaged foods and beverages, including specific recommendations for single-serve packages.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Schnuck Markets, Inc. has turned the keys of its vacant Riverdale store location here over to The Food Bank of the Mid-South, the St. Louis-based chain said yesterday.

JACKSON, Mich. -- Dawn Food Products, Inc., based here, one of the world's largest independently owned bakery manufacturers and distributors, said it will increase prices effective Oct. 1 across all manufactured product lines, to offset increasing energy and fuel costs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John M. Kennedy has been named government relations project manager for the California Grocers Association (CGA), the organization said Friday.