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Sanofi-aventis U.S. yesterday launched GoMeals, a new iPhone application, or app, designed to help people living with diabetes make healthy food choices.
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In a bid to promote eye health awareness and encourage regular eye exams, 10 of The Kroger Co.’s metro Atlanta stores have begun offering free self-service vision assessments as part of an alliance with health care technology provider SoloHealth.
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GoodGuide, a San Francisco-based mobile application development vendor, has launched a new iPhone iPhone application designed to scan barcodes and provide health, environment and social responsibility ratings of products and companies.
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Americans may soon be able to enjoy peanuts, peppers, spinach, and cookie dough with greater confidence that those foods are safe to eat if the full U.S. Senate passes food safety legislation that cleared a key committee today.
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Regional independent grocer Strack and Van Til, a Highland, Ind.-based grocery retailer with more than a dozen stores spanning Illinois and Indiana, plans to install new software in an effort to capture, manage, analyze and share critical data with its partners, bringing greater visibility throughout the supply chain.
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After fielding over 350 calls last year, ShopRite is again trotting out its Culinary Workshop Chefs to provide customers with advice and expertise for holiday meals.
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Giant Eagle has launched a new online GifterGo service that enables customers to purchase gift vouchers conveniently from their PCs for a wide variety of local and community merchants.
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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. — which this month launched an online paperless and completely digital coupon service at its A&P, SuperFresh, Waldbaum’s, and The Food Emporium banners — has also rolled out the program at its Pathmark stores as an easy and eco-friendly way for shoppers to save more.
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To help its shoppers save during tough economic times, New England grocer Big Y Foods, Inc. has joined forces with three local gas station suppliers: F.L. Roberts, O’Connell Oil Associate and Pride.
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An automated, temperature-controlled wine dispensing and preservation system in place at a Kroger store in Columbus, Ohio, enables customers to taste-test a variety of wines prior to purchase.
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Regional independent grocer United Supermarkets, LLC plans to launch the NuVal nutritional scoring system in six of its Market Street stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in March 2010, with the program expanding to all 50 of its stores later next year.
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Sealed Air’s Cryovac brand has rolled out a new Oven Ease ovenable bag for bone-in or boneless products such as ribs, roasts, whole turkeys, roasters and hams.
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Safeway, Inc. raised $18.2 million for breast cancer research and prevention programs during the company’s annual October fundraising campaign.
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The Kroger Co. opened its first Scott’s fuel center in Fort Wayne, Ind., last week, and plans to open a total of 10 Scott’s fuel center locations at its grocery stores in the area over the next three years, according to area TV station WANE.
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ShopRite and MyWebGrocer have rolled out a groundbreaking Apple iPhone and iTouch application, ShopRite Weekly Specials.
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Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Food Co., recently inked a new long-term contract with CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling leader, to continue shipping the majority of its products on CHEP pallets from its 12 facilities in California, Arizona, North Carolina and Ohio to major supermarket retailers, club stores, foodservice distributors and wholesalers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Altierre Corp., a provider of ultra-low-power wireless solutions for retailers, this week launched its Out-of-Stock Sensor Solution, developed to alert retailers when it’s time to restock inventory on shelves.
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Using over 2,000 pounds of fresh grapes to create a 19-foot-by-11-foot display enabled Lee’s Marketplace, an Associated Food Stores retail member in Logan, Utah, to take the grand prize honors in C.H. Robinson’s first annual Hawaii Vacation Give-Away display contest.
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Online grocer FreshDirect has kicked off a “Thanksgiving Feast Giveaway,” which enables one in every 100 customers ordering a complete chef-prepared Thanksgiving dinner to win the holiday meal at no charge.
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Community-based independent LaBonne’s Markets has introduced a new loyalty platform designed to engage shopper segments and reward top shoppers.
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Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. has introduced its new Rewards Card, and the Fuelperks! benefit that goes along with it, to 11 more stores, enabling customers at Copps and Pick ’n Save stores in nine more cities to save money on gas for every $50 they spend grocery shopping.
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The new Visa Reloadable Prepaid Debit Card will be available in Winn-Dixie Supermarkets next month, prepaid card solutions provider nFinanSe, Inc. said yesterday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has issued the latest FDA Food Code, which, according to the federal agency, provides a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and foodservice segments of the food industry.
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The Kroger Co.’s Southwest Division and real estate developer Hillwood Properties have inked a deal that will bring the first Kroger Marketplace to Tarrant County, Texas.
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Whole Foods Market, Coca-Cola, Ford, McDonald’s, Microsoft and SunTrust have enrolled in the CoTweet Enterprise Innovators Program, a new initiative that includes exclusive Enterprise Edition product features and services to help companies manage their brands on Twitter.
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 Fresh Trio Offers Savings
Mann Packing is offering retailers three new budget-friendly items to capitalize on fresh seasonal produce sales.
 Brew Up Some Godiva
Break time can be a decadent experience with the new collection of specialty coffees from Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
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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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