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  • Acculturated Hispanics Eat More Like Other Americans: Study

    PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Note to grocers courting Hispanics: Try to gauge how long your target market's been absorbing American culture. As they acculturate, Hispanics living in the United States develop progressively more Americanized eating habits, a study by the NPD Group here found.
  • Food Lion Selling Exclusive Imported Pasta in Some Delis

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- In a move to add more high-quality, convenient items to its product mix, Food Lion here has begun offering Bertagni fresh filled pastas from Italy in more than 400 of its stores, via an exclusive partnership with Sterling Foods, Inc.
  • PBH Applauds High Profile Call for Healthier Kids' Marketing

    WILMINGTON, Del. -- Leaders from the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here are hailing a new report released this week by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), which claimed food and beverage marketing aimed at kids points them to high-calorie, low-nutrient products.
  • Organic and Functional Foods Have Plenty of Room to Grow in U.S.: ACNielsen

    NEW YORK -- Although organic and functional foods have generated a healthy amount of interest in the United States in recent years, these categories still have a lot of room to grow -- especially when compared to other markets around the globe. That's the conclusion of global consumer and marketplace information provider ACNielsen, which released results from a new global online survey yesterday.
  • Weis Opens Superstore in Boonsboro, Md.

    SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets, based here, celebrated the opening of a new superstore in Boonsboro, Md. over the weekend. Earlier this fall the 158-store chain broke ground for a new superstore in nearby Thurmont, Md.
  • GROCERY: Dairy: Milking it

    New focuses on convenience, health, and self-indulgence will help drive dairy department sales.
  • FRESH FOOD: Post-PMA Wrap-up: Bumper crop

    PMA's Fresh Summit was packed like never before with innovations, insights, and ideas.
  • COVER STORY: Retailer of the Year: Growing up Bashas'

    It's hard to imagine a grocer that knows its home state better, or that tries harder to treat everyone like family.
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