Personalization

Upscale grocer Kings Super Markets, Inc. is rolling out the good-better-best nutrition rating system “Guiding Stars” in all 24 of its grocery stores, which are located in New Jersey and Long Island, N.Y.

Research shows that shoppers lack emotional engagement in many retail dairy aisles. They frequently have difficulty finding items and hurry through the aisle to replenish planned purchases. In other words, the dairy department can quickly become uninviting to shoppers.

Regional independent Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) said last week that construction will begin this month on FRESH by Brookshire’s, a new food concept store in South Tyler, Texas, that will emphasize freshly prepared food in a more interactive environment than that of traditional grocery stores.

Although I fully endorse the axiom reminding us that “Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first,” (a good one from Ernestine Ulmer, a little-known but much-quoted American writer), nothing says “amoré” like a great steak dinner, according to a seasonal survey by the Beef Checkoff program.

Despite the fact that kosher cheeses claim only a small portion of overall category sales, a growing batch of Wisconsin cheesemakers are embracing the rigorous production standards for an increasing number of products.

After over 89 years as the cheerily mute symbol of Hanover, Pa.-based Utz Quality Foods, The Little Utz Girl is finally having her say, courtesy of a new blog and Facebook page that will enable the popular snack brand’s fans to hear directly from her at last on such topics as industry news, recipes and what it’s like to be a corporate icon.

Bi-Lo yesterday launched a consumer savings program, known as “Price Lock,” that locks in savings for the grocer’s Bonuscard members on thousands of products throughout the store at a set price for an eight-week period.

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