Trading Partners

Walmart, Kroger, Target, Safeway, Publix and Wegmans were cited as consistent top performers in the eyes of their trading partners since 1997, according to results of Cannondale Associates’ annual PoweRanking Study.

In an effort to dramatically simplify and improve the way it promotes and supports sale items, supercenter pioneer Meijer, Inc. has implemented a streamlined system for its sale items, featuring Everyday Best Price, Sale and Price Drop tiers.

Inconic snack food manufacturer Wise Foods, Inc. and digital marketing and innovation firm Zemoga have unwrapped a new design for CheezDoodles.com.

Store brands have built momentum during the recession. Will consumers stick with private label frozen when better days arrive? Or will they return to the national brands they used previously?

Clorox and Wal-Mart are top-of-mind when consumers think of green companies -- ranking far beyond even such Earth-friendly companies as Whole Foods Market, according to a new monthly tracking service from Oakland, Calif.-based Greener World Media.

Three retailer-owned wholesalers plan to outsource their Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions to improve business practices and focus their internal IT resources on other areas to deliver added to their retailer-owners.

As part of its ongoing sustainability initiatives, Village Farms recently unveiled a “barefoot plan” designed to build awareness within the trade of the green agricultural methods the leading hydroponic greenhouse grower employs to benefit the environment, as well as among consumers who purchase its products.

Coupons.com, Inc. upgraded its Grocery iQ (http://www.groceryiq.com/groceryiq/index.html) Shopping List iPhone and iTouch app, adding bar code scanning, real-time list synchronization, and integrated coupons.