Kellogg has announced it will begin to exit its Direct Store Delivery (DSD) network in the second quarter, transitioning the DSD-distributed portion of the company’s U.S. snacks business to the … Continue Reading →
Store brands’ sales reached $ 118.4 billion in 2015, an all-time record and an increase of $ 2.2 billion over the previous year. IFT Daily News
As reported by the National Restaurant Association (NRA), U.S. Census Bureau data shows that for the first time on record in December 2014, monthly sales at U.S. restaurants exceeded grocery … Continue Reading →
Shoppers in the 25–45 age group—which represent more than one-third of the U.S. adult population—are demonstrating increasingly loyalty to the stores where they purchase groceries, according to a new PLMA … Continue Reading →
Rouses Market will debut a new concept Wednesday with the opening of a new store in Lafayette, La. read more Supermarket News
A new Metro Plus store opened Thursday in Lac-Mégantic — the first new business to open there since much of the Quebec town was devastated by a train derailment and … Continue Reading →
People like shopping and interacting with other people, according to the seventh annual “U.S. Supermarket Experience Study” by the Retail Feedback Group, Lake Success, N.Y. read more Supermarket News
Readers of SN’s e-newsletter also enjoyed stories on Whole Foods’ pricing experiment, Wal-Mart’s food sustainability plan and Associated Wholesalers Inc.’s bankruptcy auction. read more Supermarket News
Conventional supermarkets are benefiting from increasing consumer penetration of natural/organic products through their expansion of natural and organic store brands. read more Supermarket News
The biggest winner — or loser — in the battle to acquire Family Dollar Stores might be Walmart, according to industry observers. read more Supermarket News
