Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

LAS VEGAS -- With sales are expected to reach nearly $7 billion by the end of 2007 and exceed $10 billion by the end of 2010, tea is a hot commodity. That's why when the 2008 World Tea Expo is held here on May 30 through June 1, 350 exhibitors are expected to host 33 percent more attendees than at previous shows. For that reason the event will take place on larger exhibit floor at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association here has appointed Robert E. Brackett, Ph.D., s.v.p. and Chief Science and Regulatory Affairs Officer.

Grocers are applying -- and bettering -- the marketing strategies of their CPG brethren when it comes to private label.

PMA's Bryan Silbermann urges grocers and other produce players to listen to consumers, and act on what they hear.

A new emphasis on convenience, bolder flavors, and healthier ingredients is helping to reinvent the frankfurter/other sausage category.

LUFKIN, Texas -- Brookshire Bros. Grocery yesterday recognized Florham Park, N.J-based price optimization solution provider KSS Retail as its Marketing Vendor of the Year, making KSS the first technology vendor to receive this award.

MADISON, N.J. - OTC product manufacturer Wyeth Consumer Healthcare here yesterday initiated a recall of several Robitussin and Children's Dimetapp Cold and Chest Congestion OTC products all U.S. retail outlets that sell.

Technology can help comfort shoppers about the safety of a grocer's fresh foods in the age of the recall.