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Recession Caused Consumers to Rethink Shopping Patterns: Report
The most recent Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) Times & Trends Report, “Channel Migration: The Blurring of Shopper Loyalty,” has unearthed several recession-spurred changes in consumer shopping patterns across departments, categories and consumer segments, such as a shift to supercenters by value-minded shoppers.
Innovation Key to Meeting Needs of Latino Shoppers
The 5th annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit concluded in Las Vegas last week with a dynamic panel of retailers discussing best practices and innovation in addressing the needs of Hispanic shoppers.

Supermarket Vet McCormick Takes Reigns Of KC’s Retail Grocers Association

Kansas City supermarket industry veteran Jon McCormick has been named president of the Retail Grocers Association of Greater Kansas City (RGA), Kansas’ largest retail trade association. A non-profit organization, RGA is operated by and for retail food store operators and their suppliers.
Flexible Specialty Displays

Hussmann Corp., a St. Louis-based manufacturer of refrigerated and frozen food merchandising equipment, added its new Q3 meat and bakery cases to its Q line of flexible, upscale specialty display cases for supermarkets.
Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover Name Chabaso Bread With Perishable Vendor Service Award

Stop & Shop/Giant Food (Landover, Md.) named artisan bread company Chabaso Bakery with its "Best Service to the Stores/Perishables, 2009" award at its recent annual vendor meeting in Boston, Mass.
Safeway Launches 5th Annual Back to Schools Program

Safeway Inc. this week kicked off its 5th Annual 10 percent Back to Schools program, a special in-store initiative that unites 100 food manufacturers in support of education and students throughout the U.S.
Redbox to Receive DVD’s Directly from Lionsgate, Sony

Two major studios inked distribution deals with automated DVD kiosk suppliers that will enable retailers to sell new releases from the studios at the same time they hit video stores.
Hispanic Consumers a Cure for Recession Blues?

The more than 350 attendees at the Hispanic Retail 360 Summit gathered for the second day in Las Vegas to examine what effects the recession has had on Hispanic consumers and their shopping habits.
CENTER STORE HEALTH & WELLNESS: ‘Smart Choices’ Nutrition Initiative Launched

In the latest example of the food industry’s close attention to health-and-wellness issues affecting consumers, the “Smart Choices Program” made its official debut last week, its green check mark symbol now appearing on of hundreds of products in supermarkets and other retailers across the United States.
CENTER STORE EVENTS: Industry Readies for ‘World Pasta Day 2009’

The National Pasta Association (NPA) and the International Pasta Organization (IPO) are gearing up for “World Pasta Day 2009,” an Oct. 26 conference at which pasta manufacturers from around the world will present the latest nutritional and scientific research on pasta to the industry at large.

Recession Caused Consumers to Rethink Shopping Patterns: Report

Innovation Key to Meeting Needs of Latino Shoppers

Supermarket Vet McCormick Takes Reigns Of KC&#8217;s Retail Grocers Association

Flexible Specialty Displays

Stop &amp; Shop/Giant-Landover Name Chabaso Bread With Perishable Vendor Service Award

Safeway Launches 5th Annual Back to Schools Program

Redbox to Receive DVD&#8217;s Directly from Lionsgate, Sony

Hispanic Consumers a Cure for Recession Blues?

CENTER STORE HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS: &#8216;Smart Choices&#8217; Nutrition Initiative Launched

CENTER STORE EVENTS: Industry Readies for &#8216;World Pasta Day 2009&#8217;

Supermarket Vet McCormick Takes Reigns Of KC’s Retail Grocers Association

Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover Name Chabaso Bread With Perishable Vendor Service Award

Redbox to Receive DVD’s Directly from Lionsgate, Sony

CENTER STORE HEALTH & WELLNESS: ‘Smart Choices’ Nutrition Initiative Launched

CENTER STORE EVENTS: Industry Readies for ‘World Pasta Day 2009’