Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

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.

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Canadian natural and organic foods retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. will make its first venture into the United States with its largest purchase so far: The company signed an agreement yesterday to buy Mrs. Green's Natural Market, Inc., and independently owned operator of 11 stores in the New York/Connecticut area.

LAS VEGAS -- Community-based independent Longo Brothers Fruit Markets, Inc., headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., took the grand prize for grocery design at the National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers (NASFM) 26th annual Retail Design Awards, which were presented here earlier this month during an awards ceremony at the Venetian Hotel, following the end of the first day of Nielsen-owned design event GlobalShop.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- In what it says is the industry's first application that enables multiple-country analysis and monitoring of consumer purchase behavior in a consistent, consolidated fashion, Nielsen here has launched Global Track Consumer, the latest application from its Global Services unit to be delivered through Nielsen's Answers technology.

LAS VEGAS -- Community-based independent Longo Brothers Fruit Markets, Inc., headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., took the grand prize for grocery design at the National Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers (NASFM) 26th annual Retail Design Awards, which were presented here earlier this month during an awards ceremony at the Venetian Hotel, following the end of the first day of Nielsen-owned design event GlobalShop.

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Canadian natural and organic foods retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. will make its first venture into the United States with its largest purchase so far: The company signed an agreement yesterday to buy Mrs. Green's Natural Market, Inc., and independently owned operator of 11 stores in the New York/Connecticut area.

PARK CITY, Utah -- Industry veteran Robert P. Hermanns has joined inventory and labor optimization software vendor Park City Group as s.v.p. responsible for U.S. customer relations and corporate development. He will also become a member of Park City's board of directors.

PARK CITY, Utah -- Industry veteran Robert P. Hermanns has joined inventory and labor optimization software vendor Park City Group as s.v.p. responsible for U.S. customer relations and corporate development. He will also become a member of Park City's board of directors.