Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

WASHINGTON -- At a press conference yesterday at the U.S. Capitol, food retail buyer, manufacturer and consumer groups joined forces with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) to request that the White House increase FDA's food safety resources.

NEW YORK -- Energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull brand, benefiting from burgeoning sales in the noncarbonated beverage segment, are expected to grow at a yearly rate of 12 percent, exceeding $9 billion by 2011, according to "Energy Drinks in the U.S.," a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts here.

NEW YORK -- Energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull brand, benefiting from burgeoning sales in the noncarbonated beverage segment, are expected to grow at a yearly rate of 12 percent, exceeding $9 billion by 2011, according to "Energy Drinks in the U.S.," a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts here.

WASHINGTON -- Wal-Martís v.p. of sustainability and Krogerís group v.p. of corporate affairs are among the executives lined up to speak during the Grocery Manufacturers Associationís first Environmental Sustainability Summit, which will take place here Jan. 17-18, 2008.

WAUKESHA, Wis.-- U.S. consumers have greater faith in consumer advocatesand grocers than in the government or food companies when it comes toproviding useful information about food choices, according to a newnational survey by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media commissioned byMorgan&Myers, a communications firm specializing in food and agriculturebased here.

CHICAGO -- New research from foodservice consultancy Technomic here found that virtually everyone enjoys dessert from time to time. In a survey of 1,500 consumers, the vast majority (85 percent) said they eat dessert once a month or more, and no respondents said that they "never" eat dessert.

CHICAGO -- Healthy living is a growing trend, but for many Americans it is a slow and gradual process, according to the latest IRI Times & Trends Report, "The Healthy Eating Evolution."

WASHINGTON -- Wal-Martís v.p. of sustainability and Krogerís group v.p. of corporate affairs are among the executives lined up to speak during the Grocery Manufacturers Associationís first Environmental Sustainability Summit, which will take place here Jan. 17-18, 2008.