Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

NEW YORK -- Americans increased interest in health is causing a shift in the types of snack foods they buy, driving the market -- which saw $61 billion in sales last year -- toward healthier products, according to market research firm Packaged Facts.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is joining forces with the Spina Bifida Association (SBA), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), and GRUMA S.A. de C.V., a corn flour and tortilla supplier, to help fight Spina Bifida, said the partners yesterday during NCLR's 2006 Annual Conference in Los Angeles.

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores Inc. here has formed an information sharing agreement with consulting firm and fresh foods specialist The Perishables Group, to enable the retailer to implement a customized perishables performance tracking and category development program.

McLEAN, Vir. -- The Retail Bakers of America here, along with the New York State Association of Manufacturing Retail Bakers and the New Jersey Board of Trade, are preparing to present what they term the largest retail bakery exposition in the United States.

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores Inc. here has formed an information sharing agreement with consulting firm and fresh foods specialist The Perishables Group, to enable the retailer to implement a customized perishables performance tracking and category development program.

McLEAN, Vir. -- The Retail Bakers of America here, along with the New York State Association of Manufacturing Retail Bakers and the New Jersey Board of Trade, are preparing to present what they term the largest retail bakery exposition in the United States.

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores Inc. here has formed an information sharing agreement with consulting firm and fresh foods specialist The Perishables Group, to enable the retailer to implement a customized perishables performance tracking and category development program.

AMSTERDAM -- The 46 northeast Ohio Stores that Ahold is divesting might end up in the hands of multiple buyers, a Giant-Carlisle/Tops arena spokesman told Progressive Grocer.