Taking Sides: Mandatory COOL of Meat
What is your position on mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat? read more Supermarket News
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The Lempert Report: To Label or Not to Label (Video)
Being opportunistic in GMO labeling without real substance does nothing to reinforce confidence in our food supply. read more Supermarket News
Grape-Nuts gets Non-GMO seal
Post Foods is rolling out new packaging for its original Grape-Nuts cereal that bears the Non-GMO Project Verified seal. read more Supermarket News
One third of Top 75 offer e-grocery
Twenty retailers offer “click and collect” while 23 provide grocery delivery; 15 have both services. Of those that deliver, four only do so for non-perishables. SN Social read more Supermarket … Continue Reading →
Alternative chains boost expansion
From Aldi to Whole Foods Market, nontraditional food retailers in recent weeks have unveiled new growth plans that ramp up their rates of new-store expansion and bring them into new … Continue Reading →
Walmart joins farm workers’ rights program
Walmart and its Florida tomato suppliers have pledged to improve pay for tomato farm workers as part of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program. read more Supermarket News
Target plans 20K square-foot ‘Express’ store
Target Corp. said it is planning to open its smallest store yet, a 20,000-square-foot TargetExpress, this July in its headquarters market of Minneapolis. read more Supermarket News
Convenient cooking meal solutions
New lines of slow cooker and simmer sauces and meal kits are gaining additional placement throughout the store. read more Supermarket News
Brookshire Brothers buying David’s Supermarkets
Brookshire Brothers said Friday it has agreed to acquire David’s Supermarkets, a 25-store chain in North-Central Texas. read more Supermarket News
Pharmacies let their labels do the talking
Big Y Pharmacies in Longmeadow, Mass., and Rocky Hill, Conn., are among those adding large print and electronic “talking” labels to medications for the visually impaired. read more Supermarket News