Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

MINNEAPOLIS - PM Beef has selected Digital Angel Corp. and IMI, Platte City, Mo., as a new information alliance partner to capture data from proprietary RFID and software products for use on cow/calf farms, feedlots, and PM's harvest and fabrication facility in Windom, Minn.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores has unexpectedly canceled its planned trial of a so-called smart-shelf system with Gillette, ending one of the first efforts to bring radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to store shelves in the United States.

WASHINGTON -- After 10 years of debate, the government is requiring food labels to reveal exact levels of trans fat.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Publix is the latest supermarket company to announce it will begin implementing UCCnet's item registration service. The Florida-based chain will use the service in its more than 750 retail stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee.

ST. LOUIS -- Aurora Foods, Inc., the manufacturer of Duncan Hines cake mixes, Aunt Jemima frozen waffles, and a host of other supermarket staples is in the process of selling a majority stake in the company to J.W. Childs Associates L.P. for $200 million as part of a prenegotiated bankruptcy plan.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Acosta Sales and Marketing Company has completed the acquisition of The Vaughn Group, a leading fresh foods sales and marketing agency serving the Texas market.

With able relatives to help run his four-store operation, Alabama's Greg Calhoun lends some of his talents to the FMI board and to charity.

Manufacturers strive to meet the diverse needs of value, premium, and natural hair care customers.