Research & Analysis

Consolidation has extended to the private label industry, and the number of manufacturers is expected to shrink, perhaps dramatically.

Employee ownership and a culture of excellence keep the Florida retailer on everyone's short list of best supermarket companies.

After the initial rush to get into the gasoline business, supermarkets and other high-volume operators have entered a more mature stage of market development.

WASHINGTON - Organic advocacy groups are protesting a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday, which they say contains a provision that would legally allow non-organic meat to be labeled and sold to the public labeled as organic.

PHOENIX - Procurement provider Intesource on Thursday announced that Wegmans Food Markets Inc. has signed an agreement to use the Intesource suite and services to assist in procuring a variety of goods and services.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A federal grand jury has indicted a former grocery clerk at Byron Center Family Fare Supermarket located in Byron Center, Mich. for poisoning 200 pounds of ground beef last month.

AUSTIN, Texas - Leading natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market Inc. this week said sales for the first quarter ended Jan. 19, 2003 increased 18 percent to $924 million.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-Spartan Stores, Inc., which owns the Toledo area's Food Town supermarkets, said yesterday it lost $57 million in its latest fiscal quarter, the third consecutive period it suffered a loss.