Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) yesterday endorsed legislation that will increase charitable donations to such hunger relief organizations as America's Second Harvest.

NAPLES, Fla. -- The submission deadline for GEM Award -- which will be presented by Retail Systems Consulting at its conference this month -- is October 5.

CHESHIRE, Conn. -- Wholesale distributor Bozzuto's, Inc., based here, said Friday Donna Maglio and Sharon Delaney had been promoted to the positions of v.p., supply chain and director of procurement, respectively, while Gary Spinozze has joined the company in the newly created role of director of corporate programs and trade relations.

DALLAS -- Despite the threat of Hurricane Rita bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Texas, more than 320 retailers, suppliers, and other retail industry participants met here on Sept. 26 and 27 to discuss how to increase their business with the growing U.S. Hispanic market, at the inaugural Hispanic Retail 360 Conference. As it turned out, the hurricane veered east and missed Dallas, where the weather was sunny and hot throughout the two-day event.

Volatile prices made grilling season hot for some, not for others. What's next?

Imported specialty foods will become less and less 'special' in a multicultural market -- but they'd better be the real thing.

PITTSBURGH and BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Giant Eagle and Sam's Club are among the diverse group of retailers participating in the first-ever Fair Trade Display Challenge being coordinated by TransFair USA to recognize Fair Trade Month, which begins tomorrow.

NEW YORK -- Private Label products are steadily increasing their share of the international marketplace, according to a new report on the market from ACNielsen, a VNU business and sister company of Progressive Grocer. The report, "The Power of Private Label 2005 Executive News Report, " private label items made up 17 percent of total value sales for the 12 months ending the first quarter of 2005, up from the 15 percent level ACNielsen reported in 2003.