Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Heinen's Supermarket Chain Scion Dies at 70
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Joseph R. Heinen, who helped run the regional 15-store Heinen's Fine Foods supermarket chain begun by his father, died April 30 at his home here at the age of 70, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. He suffered from a chronic respiratory illness.
Winners of Neighborhood Partnership Awards Revealed at FMI Show
CHICAGO -- At the 2005 FMI Show here the Food Marketing Institute has awarded the 2005 Neighborhood Partnership Awards (NPA) to five companies: Food Lion, LLC of Salisbury, N.C.; C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. of Keene, N.H.; Ukrop's Super Markets, Inc. of Richmond, Va.; Wakefern Food Corp. of Edison, N.J.; and White Rose Food of Carteret, N.J. The annual awards, now in their ninth year, honor quality and distinction in supermarkets' community-based initiatives in the areas of youth development, hunger relief, health and wellness, and urban economic development.

FMI Update: Ethnic Foods Offer 'Much Bigger' Opportunity for Retailers, Expert Says

CHICAGO -- Food retailers have a "much, much bigger" opportunity to increase their share of the ethnic foods market, ethnic marketing expert Terry Soto told a crowd here at the Food Marketing Institute Show during a Close-Up Session called "What's New in Ethnic Trends."
MARKETPLACE SURVIVAL: Reconstruction

Can 80-year-old Winn-Dixie be saved from itself? Industry watchers offer opinions.
INDEPENDENTS REPORT: Loss leader

Shrink prevention requires policing, but the solutions must go much deeper into a grocer's operation and culture. Here's a procedural from an expert.
NONFOODS: That old familiar feeling

Earth Fare is selling more personal care products to mainstream shoppers by raising their comfort level, then clinching the trade-up.
RETAIL MANAGEMENT: Eyes front

Coinstar is thinking about ways to help retailers turn the front of the store from a no man's land into a gold mine.
FRESH FOOD: The news is out

Food writers do a lot more than write recipes, and their coverage of local retailers can help stores get their own messages out to influential consumers.
Low Carb and Light Beers Spur Growth of Female Beer Consumption

LONDON -- Women are driving much of the growth in the U.S. beer market, thanks to their interest in low-carb and light beer products, according to new research by independent market analyst Datamonitor here.
Low Carb and Light Beers Spur Growth of Female Beer Consumption

LONDON -- Women are driving much of the growth in the U.S. beer market, thanks to their interest in low-carb and light beer products, according to new research by independent market analyst Datamonitor here.

Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Heinen's Supermarket Chain Scion Dies at 70

Winners of Neighborhood Partnership Awards Revealed at FMI Show

FMI Update: Ethnic Foods Offer 'Much Bigger' Opportunity for Retailers, Expert Says

MARKETPLACE SURVIVAL: Reconstruction

INDEPENDENTS REPORT: Loss leader

NONFOODS: That old familiar feeling

RETAIL MANAGEMENT: Eyes front

FRESH FOOD: The news is out

Low Carb and Light Beers Spur Growth of Female Beer Consumption

Low Carb and Light Beers Spur Growth of Female Beer Consumption

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