Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

CHICAGO -- The Kroger Co. and ConAgra Foods are working together to donate $750,000 for hunger relief through a new Families Feeding Families program.

CHICAGO -- The Kroger Co. and ConAgra Foods are working together to donate $750,000 for hunger relief through a new Families Feeding Families program.

CHICAGO and MIAMI BEACH -- Food Lion, Kraft, McNeil Nutritionals and PepsiCo took top honors at the second annual CPG & Retail Excellence Awards ceremony presented by Information Resources, Inc. and AMR Research at the Reinventing CPG & Retail Summit 2005 awards gala Monday in Miami Beach.

KEENE, N.H. -- Food wholesaler and distributor C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., has begun the rollout of a perishable products e-procurement system that, once fully installed, will extend collaborative supply chain management software and marketplace services throughout all C&S perishables procurement operations.

CHICAGO and MIAMI BEACH -- Food Lion, Kraft, McNeil Nutritionals and PepsiCo took top honors at the second annual CPG & Retail Excellence Awards ceremony presented by Information Resources, Inc. and AMR Research at the Reinventing CPG & Retail Summit 2005 awards gala Monday in Miami Beach.

KEENE, N.H. -- Food wholesaler and distributor C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., has begun the rollout of a perishable products e-procurement system that, once fully installed, will extend collaborative supply chain management software and marketplace services throughout all C&S perishables procurement operations.

Mainstream chains are taking advantage of hot sales of organics in the frozens aisle.

Behind the scenes, retailers and others in the food chain prepare for the event they hope never happens. Are they doing enough?