Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

WASHINGTON -- Food retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers can significantly reduce equipment costs and boost management efficiency through LiftExchange, a new program from the Food Marketing Institute, North American Perishable Agricultural Receivers (NAPAR), and LiftExchange Group, Inc.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Supermarket operators looking to leverage the rising cost of gas to create loyalty programs tied into fuel discounts will find more technology vendors available today that can help them, according to a study by research firm Frost & Sullivan.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Supermarket operators looking to leverage the rising cost of gas to create loyalty programs tied into fuel discounts will find more technology vendors available today that can help them, according to a study by research firm Frost & Sullivan.

OTTAWA, Canada -- Savory's Fine Foods, which will open a new Fresh Food Centre measuring about 15,000 square feet at Bayshore Shopping Centre here on June 15, will become the first grocer in the Canadian capital city to provide consumers with what it calls a 'truly biodegradable' grocery bag -- one that employs 'oxo-degradable' technology from Vancouver, B.C.-based EPI Environmental Products, Inc.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and A.T. Kearney yesterday released "Insomnia in the Corner Office," a white paper that defines the challenges and opportunities facing CPG executives. The survey found that nearly 30 percent of all respondents said their existing business models are the main barrier to growth.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and A.T. Kearney yesterday released "Insomnia in the Corner Office," a white paper that defines the challenges and opportunities facing CPG executives. The survey found that nearly 30 percent of all respondents said their existing business models are the main barrier to growth.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association's board of directors gave the green light over the weekend to the trade association's proposed merger with another trade group, the Food Products Association. The trade group was misidentified in a news story published on progressivegrocer.com yesterday. We regret the error.

RICHMOND, B.C. -- Dag Felck, organic program manager at Nature's Path Foods here, has been appointed to the Organic Trade Association's board of directors. Falck came to Nature's Path in May 2003.