Equipment & Design

As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games hurtle down the chute this month, consumer packaged goods industry behemoths Coca-Cola — the exclusive nonalcoholic beverage provider to the Olympic Games through 2020 — and Procter & Gamble are debuting programs involving fans and athletes alike.

Super 1 Foods stores have started a new savings program to help shoppers stretch their dollars, while the chain’s parent company, Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), has introduced the “Food Club Frenzy” program this month, which offers participating customers the opportunity to win up to $3,000.

Putting to end months of speculation about the fate of one of the nation’s most well-respected regional family-owned grocery companies, Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc. is being acquired by Ahold USA’s Carlisle, Pa.-based Giant Food Stores subsidiary for about $140 million, which includes the longtime Richmond, Va.-based independent’s inventory, equipment, lease agreements and one new store location.

Hispanic shoppers are buying more private brand products, a trend expected to continue increasing in the future, according to a new study by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Private Brands Group.

Interested in tapping into social media, but at a loss for how to get started? A new white paper from New York-based digital agency Flightpath provides digital marketing insights for food and beverage marketing professionals.

A new white paper from New York-based digital agency Flightpath debuted this week to offer digital marketing insights for food and beverage marketing professionals.

Wine is back on the table for Tennessee state lawmakers, as a panel considers whether supermarkets and convenience stores should be allowed to sell the alcoholic beverage, reopening the ongoing fight over the state’s liquor laws, according to a published report.

The proposed tax on sugar-laden soft drinks as a way to fight obesity and fund health care reform is causing a stir with legislators, manufacturers, doctors and scientists, who are all debating the idea’s benefits and consequences.