Endcaps maximize C-store sales: Panel
Most customers spend spend less than three minutes in a convenience store, so it’s important to catch their attention with effective use of end caps and vendor displays, said a … Continue Reading →
Author: R. Daneel Olivaw
Gallery: Snack trends from NCA Sweets & Snacks Expo
The 2014 Sweets & Snacks Expo presented by the National Confectioners Association was expected to bring together this week in Chicago 15,000 manufacturers, buyers and industry leaders. read more Supermarket … Continue Reading →
Jax Markets CEO Bill MacAloney dies
Bill MacAloney, CEO and President of Jax Markets, died on Wednesday due to cancer, the Food Marketing Institute reported. read more Supermarket News
Michel out as Mrs. Green’s CEO
Natural Markets Food Group, parent of the Mrs. Green’s Natural Markets chain, is expected to name a new CEO shortly to replace Robin Michel. read more Supermarket News
SpartanNash plans store investments
SpartanNash said Thursday it plans to invest in growing sales at the legacy Nash Finch retail locations it acquired last year, particularly in booming North Dakota. read more Supermarket News
UNFI to buy specialty distributor Tony’s Fine Foods
United Natural Foods Inc. on Thursday said it had agreed to purchase California-based specialty foods distributor Tony’s Fine Foods for $ 195 million, with the intention of using the business … Continue Reading →
Food News Today: The power of fiber (video)
In Food News Today, Phil Lempert reports on a study that found that fiber can decrease the risk of death after surviving a heart attack. He also discusses research that … Continue Reading →
Gallery: The fastest growing food retailers
SN analyzed 15 of the fastest-growing food retailers in terms of unit count from among its list of the Top 75 Retailers and Wholesalers. read more Supermarket News
WIC funding to fall, increases proposed for SNAP and child nutrition
According to the proposed 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill, funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) will decrease while monies for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance … Continue Reading →
Pumpkin seed, soy germ extract may reduce symptoms of overactive bladder
A study published in the Journal of Functional Foods shows that a blend of a water-soluble pumpkin seed extract and soy germ extract may reduce the symptoms of overactive bladder … Continue Reading →