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Private label scored strong gains across all major U.S. retail channels last year as more and more consumers switched from national brands and drove store brands to all-time highs in both volume and total revenue, in addition to market share, according to latest industry statistics published in PLMA’s 2010 Private Label Yearbook.
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The Live Better! Wellness Club at A&P, SuperFresh, Waldbaum’s and Pathmark stores throughout the Northeast now includes the Fresh&Healthy Rewards program and a special promotion for free prenatal care and children’s vitamins.
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Food industry groups expressed satisfaction at the news that the House and Senate conferees working on financial reform regulation have reached a compromise on the regulation of interchange swipe fees.
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A new personal care policy at Whole Foods Markets mandating that “Organic Product” or “Product made with Organic [specified ingredients.]”
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For 2010, Father’s Day is on track to be a $10 billion dollar retail holiday, a survey by New York-based brand and customer loyalty consultancy Brand Keys, Inc. has found.
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Editors' picks for innovative products
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Gateway products smooth a shopper's transition from mainstream health and wellness to more natural and sustainable products, says a recent GMDC report.
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Over half of U.S. consumers are likely to shop elsewhere if they come across a reduced product selection, while almost half of retailers are continuing to cut assortment, according to research revealed at Nielsen’s Consumer 360 Conference in Las Vegas.
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With consumer coupon use on the upswing, the incidence of counterfeit coupons is unfortunately increasing as well.
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Kashi Co.’s fifth annual Day of Change tour, which kicked off May 29 in Cincinnati has a new partner that’s been generating a lot of buzz for the past quarter-century: natural personal care company Burt’s Bees.
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Industry partnerships, concerned law enforcement officers and resilient retailers have done their part to make a small dent in the growing problem of organized retail crime (ORC), but new research shows there’s still a lot of work to be done.
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Sears Holding Corp. has added delivery of groceries to its Internet shopping services, according to local press reports.
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The vitamin, mineral and supplement (VMS) market is now about $11 billion in the United States, according to TABS Group, Inc., a Shelton, Conn.-based research and consulting company, which added that the category had grown by approximately 20 percent since the last time it did an estimate, in January 2008.
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Shoppers whose CVS/Caremark prescription plans are no longer being accepted at Walgreens are welcome at stores operated by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Pharmacy departments at the Montvale, N.J.-based grocer’s A&P, SuperFresh, Waldbaum’s, Pathmark and Food Basics banners throughout the Northeast are taking part in the program.
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This past weekend, ShopRite began providing free diabetes medications and education to customers – with or without insurance at store pharmacies across Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.
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MOM’s Organic Market, a six-store organic grocery chain in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore metro area, plans to launch a company-wide environmental initiative aimed at reducing plastic use by eliminating all bottled water in its stores.
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In celebration of summer, Lubbock, Texas-based independent United Supermarkets, LLC yesterday launched its first-ever “Red Hot Summer Rewards” program.
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Retail sales within the U.S. consumer packaged goods health-and-wellness industry reached almost $125 billion in 2009, representing an overall growth of 5 percent over the previous year, according to the Natural Marketing Institute.
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Over 30,000 shoppers found Costco to be the best of 11 of America’s most popular chain stores, a survey by Consumer Reports has found.
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Market Street Colleyville will hold an open-house art exhibition showcasing local talent on Friday, June 4, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in its upstairs dining and culinary school area.
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The Kroger Co. has joined forces with redbox, one of the country’s most popular DVD rental kiosk providers, and PepsiCo to launch a year-long, multi-branded retail promotion that invites consumers to create the perfect movie night at home.
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Price Chopper, in partnership with 10 local Sunoco stations, is launching at nine new stores “Fuel AdvantEdge,” its exclusive program that discounts gasoline as a reward for grocery store purchases, The Gouverneur Times reported.
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Price Chopper’s brand-new comprehensive integrated diabetes management program, “Diabetes AdvantEdge,” aims to give people with the medical condition greater access to medication, enhanced support and information, and education on nutrition, better food choices, and disease management.
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The Food Emporium has teamed up with 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino on a special-edition reusable bag design that will be exclusive to the A&P banner’s Manhattan stores.
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Ahold USA banners Giant-Landover and Stop & Shop are teaming up with Shell, the No. 1 selling gasoline brand in the United States, to provide the stores’ customers with savings on fuel.
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 The Origins of Hummus
Made by the only manufacturer of all-natural hummus available nationwide, Tribe Origins is a line of smooth and creamy-style hummus.
 Greetings That Taste Good
This latest greeting card line from Cleveland, Ohio-based American Greetings Corp. really takes the cake — and some other yummy items.
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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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