Market Trends

Scores of manufacturer promotions ensure the checkout lane will be the big winner this Super Bowl season.

Larry Johnston's re-energized management team is abandoning weak markets, hacking costs, and working a plan to be the nation's top food and drug retailer.

Americans' fascination with the DVD format is driving new sales and a new realization that video can work for the food channel.

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu Inc. announced it has finalized its plan to establish a dedicated logistics solution provider organization to pursue growth opportunities within non-traditional logistics management services.

PITTSBURGH - German-owned discount retailer Aldi is considering the Pittsburgh market for a 400,000-square-foot distribution warehouse, the Pittsburgh Business Times reports.

NEW YORK - A depressed job market and stock market losses pushed U.S. consumer sentiment in early October to its lowest level in nine years, raising concerns the consumer-driven recovery could be in jeopardy, Reuters reports.

SUNBURY, Pa. - As part of a voluntary nationwide recall for selected Wampler Foods Ready-to-Eat Deli products that may contain Listeria, Weis Markets on Thursday said it has issued a voluntary recall for two Wampler Turkey meat products sold in its store delicatessens.

WASHINGTON - The Food Marketing Institute and the American Meat Institute separately released statements opposing new country-of-origin guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.