Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

SCHENECTADY, NY -- Price Chopper yesterday said it added more than 1,000 new natural and organic items across several categories in its 115 stores that span six Northeastern states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Utilizing one global communications language for the entire supply chain will solve the industry's current inability to identify, mark, manage, and track fresh food products across the food supply chain and at point-of-sale, according to findings revealed in a white paper from a coalition of associations from the fresh food and retail sectors.

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) said yesterday that it appointed Paul Noe v.p. of regulatory affairs.

WASHINGTON -- High-level executives from grocery retail and packaged goods companies will address supply chain collaboration during the GMA/FPA (Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association) Information Systems & Logistics Distribution (IS/LD) Conference, March 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

KEENE, N.H. -- To give underprivileged people in the area the best start to the day possible, C&S Wholesale Grocers here has donated 13 truckloads of food -- including 6,000 boxes of cereal from C&S vendor Malt-O-Meal in Minneapolis -- to the Brattleboro, Vt. Area Drop-In Center via Project Feed the Thousands in 2007.

WASHINGTON -- High-level executives from grocery retail and packaged goods companies will address supply chain collaboration during the GMA/FPA (Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association) Information Systems & Logistics Distribution (IS/LD) Conference, March 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

KEENE, N.H. -- To give underprivileged people in the area the best start to the day possible, C&S Wholesale Grocers here has donated 13 truckloads of food -- including 6,000 boxes of cereal from C&S vendor Malt-O-Meal in Minneapolis -- to the Brattleboro, Vt. Area Drop-In Center via Project Feed the Thousands in 2007.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarkets here said it has reduced its overall health care expenses, thanks to innovative employee wellness initiatives, as well as technology-based services from Woburn, Mass.-based HighRoads, which provides employers a system of record to manage HR programs and vendors.