Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

NEW YORK -- Retailers and manufacturers must collaborate more effectively to improve the chances of success when bringing a new product to market, according to a study prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and released yesterday by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS).

ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart, Target, and Meijer are among a growing list of retailers that will offer biodegradable dinnerware made from corn, potatoes, and limestone in time for the 2007 picnic season.

ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart, Target, and Meijer are among a growing list of retailers that will offer biodegradable dinnerware made from corn, potatoes, and limestone in time for the 2007 picnic season.

ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart, Target, and Meijer are among a growing list of retailers that will offer biodegradable dinnerware made from corn, potatoes, and limestone in time for the 2007 picnic season.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Community-based independent Karns Foods yesterday said it has licensed a scales management system to run the scales of its eight locations from one centralized location.

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) took part yesterday in the inaugural meeting of "Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow," a joint task force on media and childhood obesity, of which the organization is a member.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Community-based independent Karns Foods yesterday said it has licensed a scales management system to run the scales of its eight locations from one centralized location.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Princess Reyes has been named marketing specialist for IGA based here, reporting to senior director of branding and business development Jim Walz.