Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here still has a long road ahead in its bankruptcy recovery process, but the retailer made modest strides for its fiscal year ended June 28, cutting its losses to $361 million, a notable improvement from $833 million in the previous year.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here has brought all 1,500 members of its management team to Hartford, Conn. for a convention to bring the team up to speed on product and industry trends. The show began Sept. 25, and will run through Sept. 27.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here has brought all 1,500 members of its management team to Hartford, Conn. for a convention to bring the team up to speed on product and industry trends. The show began Sept. 25, and will run through Sept. 27.

CHICAGO -- Retail trade association The Network of Executive Women yesterday added seven new at-large members to its board.

WASHINGTON - Two of the supermarket industry's leading trade groups, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), are taking steps to help retailers promote the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid initiative via an in-store promotional campaign. The campaign, to be called "Take a Peak," is slated to roll out at more than 3,500 food stores starting in the first quarter of 2007.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said on Friday it plans to measure its 60,000 worldwide suppliers on their ability to develop packaging and conserve natural resources. This initiative, scheduled to begin in 2008, is projected to reduce overall packaging by five percent.

NEW YORK - While the USDA dropped the ball when it came to communicating the value of the Food Pyramid to consumers, it seems that the supermarket industry picked it up and ran, and as a result people are eating healthier, according to the latest alert from VNU's Executive Perspective. Now a new initiative from the USDA plans to take the message even further.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said on Friday it plans to measure its 60,000 worldwide suppliers on their ability to develop packaging and conserve natural resources. This initiative, scheduled to begin in 2008, is projected to reduce overall packaging by five percent.