Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

LONDON - The UK Competition Commission inquiry into the sale of Safeway will be extended to include the impact upon convenience stores, the commission said on Thursday.

New products, packaging, promotions, the organic movement, and the Internet are keeping children's cereals from getting soggy.

Innovative promotions and merchandising ideas can help grocers teach shoppers to look to the supermarket first for new movies and old favorites.

Huge increases in health insurance costs--the industry's No. 1 problem--have grocers desperately seeking ways to ease the pain.

Complying with the looming country-of-origin labeling regulations will require careful attention and serious effort from retailers.

As awareness of their nutritional benefits grows, popular, profitable berries can be expected to stay top-of-mind in the produce department.

CINCANNATI - The Kroger Co. will begin adding the words "color added" to the labels of all farm-raised fish from the Salmonid family, including salmon and trout, later this week.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. and COLOGNE, Germany - In line with its plan to connect all major global data pools to its synchronization hub, the Internet-based business-to-business exchange WorldWide Retail Exchange is partnering with SINFOS GmbH, one of several leading European data pools.