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Acute foodborne illnesses cost the United States about $152 billion annually in health care, workplace and other economic losses, a recent report published by the Washington-based Produce Safety Project (PSP) has found.
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Bi-Lo has teamed up with Austin, Texas-based analytic services firm Spire to enhance its ability to leverage shopper card data and generate actionable insights across the organization.
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Safeway, Inc. and its exclusive Lucerne brand of dairy products have revealed the names of 30 students chosen as finalists to compete for a $30,000 grand prize in the Lucerne The Art of Dairy “Taste of Moo-sic” Art Contest.
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Internet grocer Peapod has joined forces with Chicago-based sustainable communities group Neighbor Capital and food desert researcher Mari Gallagher to look at ways to expand delivery to communities where a dearth of full-service grocery stores makes it difficult to obtain quality fresh food.
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Sunbury, Pa.-based regional independent Weis Markets’ Hanover, Pa., store has earned silver certification from the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary Environmental Protection Agency alliance with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide, one of the largest global logistics and transportation providers, has earned a spot on Fortune’s 2010 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, and additionally ranked first in the “Trucking, Transportation and Logistics” category.
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Ghirardelli Squares Chocolate has rolled out the Million Moments of Timeless Pleasure sweepstakes, which asks consumers to share their favorite “Ghirardelli moment” for the opportunity to win a trip or one of literally thousands of chocolate prizes.
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All Things Organic, the organic community’s biggest business and educational conference in North America, will co-locate with Natural Products Expo East, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) which added that the events would be held together for at least seven years.
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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has chosen Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to perform an independent third-party certification of Alaska’s fisheries management systems.
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Unionized workers have approved new contracts with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. after months of negotiations, averting a threatened strike, according to published reports.
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SmartNow, a provider of health-and-wellness information to the health care industry, corporations and consumers, last week launched a comprehensive nutritional grocery guide for the iPhone with more than 100,000 unique, branded products categorized.
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The National Pork Board (NPB) has expanded its commitment to retailers by the virtue of going virtual.
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Business solution provider ECRM and private brand sales and marketing firm Daymon Worldwide will join forces for ECRM’s Private Brand Foods EPP event, scheduled for April 11 through April 14, 2010, in Orlando, Fla.
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Food Lion, LLC banners and sister Delhaize Group division Bottom Dollar Food have joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of Energy Star Leaders, a select group of organizations that have improved energy efficiency across all of their sites.
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Duane Reade’s new location in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City marks the debut of greatly expanded fresh food and grocery sections offering such items as fresh sandwiches, single-serve entrees, baked goods and freshly packed salads and vegetables.
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Grocery shoppers are looking more closely ethical food claims for practical as well as altruistic reasons, according to a recent national survey by San Francisco Bay area-based strategic marketing communications firm Context Marketing.
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Join Progressive Grocer on Thursday, March 18 at 2 p.m. EST for a Web seminar, ‘Strategic Assortment: Developing a Winning Item Optimization Strategy.”
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The question of whether to dunk Oreo Cakesters in milk, as fans of the original version of the venerable sandwich cookie brand often do, has given rise to a spirited debate among Oreo eaters on Facebook.
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Stemilt and Dovex Fruit Co. are joining forces to become the leading tree-fruit growing, packing and marketing operation in the nation.
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Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market will highlight the value and quality of Australian wine this spring with a two-month chainwide promotion.
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From sustainability and farm labor issues to the latest retail trends and insight from award-winning chefs, United Fresh 2010, slated for April 20 through April 23 in Las Vegas, will feature education for each segment of the fresh and fresh-cut produce industry.
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The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA), a division of the National Retail Federation (NRF).
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YOU Technology, a Delray Beach, Fla.-based provider of personalized marketing solutions, has introduced a service suite that lets brand and retail marketers customize offers on a one-to-one basis across digital media, including Web, mobile, in-store and direct mail.
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The Cameo Apple Marketing Association (CAMA) wants to target consumers in search of new ways to honor Mom on her special day.
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Grocery Shopping Network (GSN) has opened two new offices, on the East and West Coasts, for increased market coverage in both the New York and Los Angeles markets.
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 Hip to the Dip
French’s Mustard invites Americans of all ages to dip to their heart with the iconic brand’s new Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce.
 Brown Rice by the Pound
Lundberg Family Farms, the No. 1 producer of organic rice and rice products in the United States, has now brought out Eco-Farmed Short Grain Brown Rice and Eco-Farmed Long Grain Brown Rice in WIC-eligible 1-pound bags.
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 Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review
Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.
 PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.
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