Supermarket/Grocery

MADISON, Wis. - The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association here installed a new slate of directors and officers for the 2007-2008 term at the group's annual business meeting held recently in Chicago.

Is it time to reinvent the checkout?

ABINGDON, Va. -- Customers in Kingsport, Tenn. got their first look at the largest Food City supermarket ever yesterday, as the chain celebrated the grand opening its latest 55,000-square-foot store.

As perishables category management evolves, sharper lines are being drawn between the trading partners that are fully on board -- and those that aren't.

MADISON, Wis. - The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association here installed a new slate of directors and officers for the 2007-2008 term at the group's annual business meeting held recently in Chicago.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- In honor of the 25th anniversary of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau's arrival in the United States, Hannaford Supermarkets and Les Vins Georges Duboeuf are offering complimentary in-store tastings in select Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont stores today and tomorrow between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

COLCHESTER, Vt. -- MyWebGrocer, the nation's top Web service provider to the supermarket industry, has deployed New York-based digital marketer DoubleClick's integrated DART platform to provide greater capability to MyWebGrocer's Ad Network, an online collection of over 1,400 grocery store Web sites where consumer products goods companies can advertise their goods and receive feedback from consumers.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is boosting its Hispanic marketing profile via a new tenant/landlord relationship with Dallas-based Campero USA, the U.S. division of foodservice operator Pollo Campero, that will bring Pollo Campero restaurants to Wal-Mart stores beginning in 2008.