Market Trends

As achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness become the goals of an increasing number of Americans, almost half (43 percent) of the consumers polled for Shopping for Health 2010, the 18th annual study from Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Rodale, Inc.’s Prevention magazine, said they’re more aware of calories in the foods they eat than they were two years ago.

In the third expansion of its Greensboro, N.C., distribution facility since acquiring it in 1984, Harris Teeter will add 50,000 square feet to its perishable warehouse, bringing it up to 225,000 square feet, according to a published report.

The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) has hired Dave Olson as its new western corridor assistant development director.

Seasoned industry trade journalist Jim Dudlicek has joined the editorial team of Progressive Grocer as its new Senior Editor.

Nuval’s Nutritional Scoring System today rolls out at Brookshire’s stores, owned by the Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), which operates over 119 locations in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.

After missing the deadline to renew its contract with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876, The Kroger Co. reached a tentative agreement late last week with the labor union that represents 12,000 Michigan workers.

Danny Wegman, CEO of Wegmans Food Markets and Timothy P. Smucker, chairman of the board and Co-CEO of The J.M. Smucker Co. won the 2010 Roger Milliken Lifetime Achievement Awards last week at the VICS/U Connect Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas.

Retailers from such companies as 7-Eleven, Kum & Go, Jewel-Osco and others will join Walmart’s director of multicultural marketing Carla Dodds on the agenda for this year’s Hispanic Retail 360 Summit.