Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

JACKSON, Mich. - Two subsidiaries of Dawn Food Products, Inc. based here have been honored with supplier awards by Mrs. Fields Famous Brands.

CHICAGO -- William E. Olsen, a former president of global voluntary supermarket alliance IGA here, passed away on April 16 after a long illness. He was 79.

PACIOMA, Calif. - A new pet food recall was issued today by Natural Balance Pet Foods, which confirmed this morning that some production batches of its products may contain melamine. Meanwhile, Menu Foods, the pet food supplier that issued last month's major and widely covered pet food recall, added one additional item, and two different production dates of eight varieties of pet foods to its recall list.

CHICAGO, Ill. - IGA based here is launching an in-store event designed to encourage families to share meals together. The IGA Hometown Family Meals event will take place April 22-May 5, in participating IGA stores across the country.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here is offering customers a reusable shopping bag, in a program designed to reduce plastic bag supply costs and boost efficiency, the chain said yesterday.

NEW YORK - Progressive Grocer unveiled its new online trade show concept, with a daylong series of live Webcasts yesterday that focused on technology's role in enhancing the customer experience at retail

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here is offering customers a reusable shopping bag, in a program designed to reduce plastic bag supply costs and boost efficiency, the chain said yesterday.

TORONTO -- Loblaw Co. here launched this week an expanded PC GREEN line as part of its President's Choice private label offering.