Regional independent grocer United Supermarkets, LLC plans to launch the NuVal nutritional scoring system in six of its Market Street stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in March 2010, with the program expanding to all 50 of its stores later next year.
With the help of its retail grocery partners, Cargill’s “More to Share” program will help local charity groups address the strain of having enough food to meet the highest level of food support demand since the Great Depression.
Whole Foods Market is looking to help consumers easily build up resistance to illness by promoting a variety of products that naturally bolster the immune system.
A recent survey from the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) of supermarket prices on 25 commonly purchased items found that shoppers could save over 35 percent by buying the store brand rather than the national brand.
Pomegranates are big business, which means that the edible seeds — more often called arils — of the currently ubiquitous fruit are poised for a sales spike of their own.
Weis Markets’ month-long “Fight Hunger” food drive generated $210,000 in customer food and monetary donations to local food banks and pantries throughout its five-state marketing area, which will be complemented by $200,000 in corporate donations to eight regional food banks.
Store brands have built momentum during the recession. Will consumers stick with private label frozen when better days arrive? Or will they return to the national brands they used previously?
