Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

CINCINNATI - Partnering with vendors and suppliers to support National Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, The Kroger Co. based here will display pink tags throughout its family of stores again this year.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. and MATTHEWS, N.C. - Meijer Inc. and Harris Teeter have once again signed on with Pink Ribbon Produce, a retail program committed to breast cancer prevention and awareness that will get under way in October.

BARRINGTON, Ill. -- New, smaller banners and a bigger focus on the perimeter will shrink the size of traditional grocery stores and continue to squeeze the grocery aisles, but the center store is still the "economic engine" driving total store performance, according to the 2007 Total Store SuperStudy conducted by Willard Bishop, LLC here.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. and MATTHEWS, N.C. - Meijer Inc. and Harris Teeter have once again signed on with Pink Ribbon Produce, a retail program committed to breast cancer prevention and awareness that will get under way in October.

ARLINGTON, Va. - In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on the proposed Food and Drug Import Safety Act, the Food Marketing Institute recommended aggressive measures by industry and government alike to bolster the U.S. food safety system and reassure consumers that the system is safe.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - In an effort to be a catalyst for "greening" of the entire liquid laundry detergent category across the retail industry, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. plans to sell only concentrated products in the liquid laundry detergent category in its U.S. Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Clubs.

ARLINGTON, Va. - In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on the proposed Food and Drug Import Safety Act, the Food Marketing Institute recommended aggressive measures by industry and government alike to bolster the U.S. food safety system and reassure consumers that the system is safe.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - In an effort to be a catalyst for "greening" of the entire liquid laundry detergent category across the retail industry, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. plans to sell only concentrated products in the liquid laundry detergent category in its U.S. Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Clubs.