Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

CHICAGO - Sara Lee Corp. has named Robert S. Kopriva president and chief executive of its meats business, the company announced Wednesday.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. is launching a marketing campaign to educate customers about the nutritional benefits of eating more dairy foods. Kroger will feature 3-A-Day messaging, which is part of an ongoing integrated marketing/education program by the American Dairy Association/National Dairy Council.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - UCCnet has announced that Acosta Sales and Marketing will begin implementing the organization's item registration and data synchronization services.

SAN FRANCISCO - Giant Eagle Inc. and McKesson Corporation have expanded their relationship beyond pharmaceutical distribution to create an automated refill center for customers at select Giant Eagle stores.

TAMPA, Fla. - ADC Inc., provider of data communication technology to the supermarket industry, has licensed its InterScale scales management system to Food Lion, a subsidiary of Delhaize America.

Online operations of big grocery chains maneuvered through the dot-com devastation and are now showing positive signs of life. They're finding that the payoffs from Internet retailing reach beyond incremental sales.

Whether they'll be improving operating efficiency or upgrading the shopping experience, a wide range of technologies promise to start going mainstream in 2003.

Recordable DVDs are gaining market share in most retail channels. With prices dropping, many predict they'll find their way into grocery this year.