Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Record high gasoline prices are leading large numbers of consumers to change how they shop and spend their income, with many people combining errands, eating out less often, and doing more at home, according to the findings from a new survey from ACNielsen, the leading provider of consumer and marketplace information.

WASHINGTON -- In a media briefing held here yesterday, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) detailed several suggestions for improving nutrition labeling on packaged foods and beverages, including specific recommendations for single-serve packages.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Schnuck Markets, Inc. has turned the keys of its vacant Riverdale store location here over to The Food Bank of the Mid-South, the St. Louis-based chain said yesterday.

JACKSON, Mich. -- Dawn Food Products, Inc., based here, one of the world's largest independently owned bakery manufacturers and distributors, said it will increase prices effective Oct. 1 across all manufactured product lines, to offset increasing energy and fuel costs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John M. Kennedy has been named government relations project manager for the California Grocers Association (CGA), the organization said Friday.

Compassion has poured forth from many in the retailing community in the past week, demonstrating the industry's eagerness to do what it can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

CHICAGO -- It's the end of an era. The board of IGA, Inc. here said yesterday that it would commence a search for a new c.e.o. with "fresh thinking," to replace long-time head Thomas S. Haggai, who will surrender the c.e.o. mantle once a new top executive is in place.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Charlie Brown and his friends are returning to Wal-Mart stores nationwide for the second year with activity books, stickers, point of sale materials and recipes designed to make learning about and eating fruits and vegetables part of Halloween fun.