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Studies from New York-based Meyers Research Center show that consumers make about 70 percent of their brand decisions once they’re in-store, opening a window for grocers and manufacturers to target shoppers as they make their way through the aisles.

Marsh Supermarkets is lending its support to a local family-owned bread and bakery supplier’s effort to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation as a part of its annual Aunt’s Day campaign.

The upcoming World Tea Expo in Las Vegas next month enables attendees to experience such once-in-a-lifetime events as drinking tea with a Japanese tea master, witnessing a real Chinese tea ceremony, observing how Taiwanese artisans roll oolong or looking in on the ancient art of matcha (green tea powder) making. Additionally, this year, visitors can participate in the show’s first-ever live tea cocktail-mixing competition.

Sustainability has emerged as a top priority for many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies whose products line grocery shelves in stores across the United States. One important way manufacturers are greening their business practices is in the realm of packaging.

At a time when consumers are more concerned than ever about the environment and how their favorite products are manufactured and presented to the public, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of the Charlottesville, Va.-based nonprofit institute GreenBlue, is helping to make a difference.

A chef demonstration and tasting event held last month at the elegant Astor Center in New York was an inadvertent venue for the image rehabilitation of the recently battered peanut industry, to judge from the comments of several attendees, including trade association executives, suppliers and peanut farmers.

Big Y Foods, Inc. plans to deploy strategic pricing software that is offered in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model to better adjust pricing for the markets it serves.

Van’s International Foods, the well-known manufacturer of frozen waffles, has introduced four new items to its lineup of all-natural items.