Market Trends

As achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness become the goals of an increasing number of Americans, almost half (43 percent) of the consumers polled for Shopping for Health 2010, the 18th annual study from Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Rodale, Inc.’s Prevention magazine, said they’re more aware of calories in the foods they eat than they were two years ago.

In the third expansion of its Greensboro, N.C., distribution facility since acquiring it in 1984, Harris Teeter will add 50,000 square feet to its perishable warehouse, bringing it up to 225,000 square feet, according to a published report.