Earlier this month, Progressive Grocer and the National Grocers Association (NGA) launched the Independent Grocer Network, a social network for independent grocers and their wholesaler suppliers, and I am proud to say that membership activity on the site has far exceeded our expectations.
As of this week, Evolution Robotics Retail, Inc. has installed its bottom-of-the-basket (BOB) loss prevention solution LaneHawk in 1,000 stores, making the vendor’s total deployed base almost 10,000 checkout lanes.
United Supermarkets, LLC has begun using the NuVal Nutritional Scoring System in all of its stores across its United Supermarkets, Market Street, and Amigos United grocery banners. The rollout marks the program’s first use by a Texas grocer.
A recent investigation by Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection found that half of the frozen fish packages it tested contained less product than the labels purported, prompting the removal by inspectors of more than 800 packages from the state’s stores — and the Better Seafood Board (BSB) couldn’t be happier about it.
1-800-Recycling.com, an interactive nationwide Web site devoted to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience while making practical suggestions about green living, has published on its blog an article lauding some U.S. CPG companies that are making special efforts to go green.
Walgreen Co. is taking center stage as the top drug chain in the New York City metropolitan area with this week’s agreement to acquire Duane Reade for $1.075 billion.
