Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Food producers operating under the expanding Kentucky Proud banner will be exhibiting, offering samples, and booking sales orders with the state¿s retailers during the first Kentucky Proud Expo set for Oct. 18-20, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington.

WILTON, Conn. -- When it comes to trade-spending practices, it seems vendors are from Venus and retailers are from Mars, and that leaves consumers nowhere, according to new research from Cannondale Associates, Inc. here.

PITTSBURGH - The double coupon wars continue to heat up here, with the latest salvo fired by Giant Eagle, which reinstated its double coupon redemption program on manufacturer coupons up to 99 cents.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- More than 70 pharmacy executives and representatives from pharmacy companies across the country are visiting with members of Congress today to advocate on behalf of community pharmacy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to increasing public concerns about the safety of imported food, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) yesterday unveiled a proposal it said was designed to strengthen, modernize, and improve government oversight of imported food and ingredients. The proposed public-private partnership is known as "Commitment to Consumers: The Four Pillars of Food Safety."

NEW STANTON, Pa. - Supervalu's Shop 'n Save retail customers in Pennsylvania and Ohio supplied from its distribution center here will honor manufacturer double coupons up to $.99 at all of stores throughout western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

NEW STANTON, Pa. - Supervalu's Shop 'n Save retail customers in Pennsylvania and Ohio supplied from its distribution center here will honor manufacturer double coupons up to $.99 at all of stores throughout western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

MUMBAI -- The inaugural issue of Progressive Grocer India was officially released yesterday by Subodh Kant Sahai, minister of food processing industries for the government of India, in the presence of hundreds of Indian and international retailing industry heads at the India Retail Forum 2007 here.