SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets conducted DNA testing on a selection of its seafood offerings to verify that the species were accurately labeled, the retailer announced last week. read … Continue Reading →
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Fresh Grocer said it has rescheduled the opening of its first New Jersey location at New Brunswick’s Wellness Plaza to Monday, Nov. 5. read more … Continue Reading →
ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute here said Wednesday that it has selected Shepard Exposition Services to be its service provider for the 2014 FMI Show in Chicago. read more … Continue Reading →
SAN JOSE, Calif. — United Food and Commercial Workers Union Locals 5 and 8 said Wednesday they plan to launch a strike at midnight Saturday against the Nob Hill division … Continue Reading →
STELLARTON, Nova Scotia — Sobeys recently launched an ongoing contest to promote its seafood traceability program with the organization Thisfish. read more Supermarket News
WASHINGTON — Right now prices are comparatively low across many fresh food categories, such as produce and eggs, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer … Continue Reading →
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. announced last week that it will stop selling fresh sprouts in all of its 2,425 supermarkets and multi-department stores because of food safety concerns. read more … Continue Reading →
ARLINGTON, Va. — In what they themselves described as a “highly unusual” situation, the National Grocers Association here and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Visa, MasterCard and their card-issuing … Continue Reading →
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acosta Sales & Marketing here said it has acquired two more foodservice brokers — Bay Brokerage Co. and Encore Sales & Marketing, extending the company’s foodservice coverage … Continue Reading →
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores here said Thursday it contemplates expanding its Valu Land price-impact format outside the state of Michigan, which would be its first corporate stores outside … Continue Reading →
