Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Six months after the national recall of Menu Foods' wet dog food, which was found to contain wheat gluten contaminated with melamine, Wegmans Food Markets here is ready to bring it back in the form of Wegmans wet cat food and Bruiser wet dog food.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Supervalu Inc. here earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's sixth annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates U.S. employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) employees, consumers and investors. The company is the first U.S. grocer to achieve the Index's highest score, and is one of only 195 major U.S. companies to earn the top rating of 100 this year.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's last week here recalled a batch of ground beef that had been sold at its Yonkers, N.Y. store because of possible contamination with E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria. The grocer issued the recall after three members of a family were infected with the bacteria after eating undercooked 96% Lean Ground Round bought at the store on July 21.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's last week here recalled a batch of ground beef that had been sold at its Yonkers, N.Y. store because of possible contamination with E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria. The grocer issued the recall after three members of a family were infected with the bacteria after eating undercooked 96% Lean Ground Round bought at the store on July 21.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's last week here recalled a batch of ground beef that had been sold at its Yonkers, N.Y. store because of possible contamination with E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria. The grocer issued the recall after three members of a family were infected with the bacteria after eating undercooked 96% Lean Ground Round bought at the store on July 21.

New shopper-centric features add an edge to the traditional GM/HBC mix at retail.

Although price, place, and promotion are essential, products -- particularly new ones -- persist as the linchpins of food retailing.

New shopper-centric features add an edge to the traditional GM/HBC mix at retail.