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Market Trends

  • Downtown Schnucks Location Celebrates Sales-beating Projections
    In its first year, sales and traffic at Schnucks’ Culinaria market in downtown St. Louis have exceeded the grocer’s expectations.

  • Fresh Food and Wellness Trends: CAC ‘Nicks and Peels’ Into New Directions
    to spur shopper demand for California avocados by spreading the word that the fruit can serve as a replacement for fat in baking, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) has unveiled a national PR effort aimed at encouraging health-conscious bakers to substitute avocado for many traditional baking ingredients, including butter and shortening, by simply replacing these components with an equal amount of avocado.

  • Fresh Perspectives: PG’s Fabulous Fall Forecast
    As summer winds down, we at Progressive Grocer and Stagnito Media are gearing up for a series of exciting events and informative editorial projects that promises to ring in the all-important fall selling season in a big way.

  • Fresh Seafood Trends: Raley’s Adopts BAP Certification
    West Sacramento, Calif.-based Raley’s is among the latest supermarket chains to join the growing list of companies that have adopted the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for farmed seafood.

  • Whole Foods to Fund School Salad Bars Nationwide
    Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market has teamed up with Chef Ann Cooper, the nation’s “Renegade Lunch Lady,” for a second year to raise awareness of healthier school food through a project that will fund salad bars for public schools across the country.

  • Safeway Promotion to Help Cash-strapped Schools
    Safeway, Inc. this week launched its sixth annual “10% Goes Back to Schools” program, a special in-store initiative that unites over 150 food manufacturers in support of education and students throughout the United States.

  • 2010 Hispanic Retail 360 Summit Hits New Heights
    Representatives from the world’s largest retailer, the world’s largest convenience store chain and the world’s largest consumer electronics superstore were among numerous Hispanic marketing experts who addressed a record crowd of more than 425 attendees at the sixth annual Hispanic Retail 360 Summit held recently in San Diego.

  • Food Lion Banners Offering OfficeMax Products
    To help its shoppers easily get everything they need in the way of office and back-to-school supplies, Food Lion banners Food Lion, Bloom, Harveys and Reid’s will now carry over 200 OfficeMax products year-round.
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