Research & Analysis

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Fresh Brands Inc. on Wednesday announced the opening of another of its new "flagship" design Piggly Wiggly Fresh MarketCircle stores in Sheboygan, Wis., featuring the company's first Pig Stop fuel/convenience store.

BOISE, Idaho - As area children and their families prepare to go back to school, Albertsons is partnering with several vendors to give back over $5 million to communities during the back to school season.

LOS ANGELES -- Private investment company Yucaipa Cos. has filed a lawsuit charging Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway, Inc. with conducting a "biased and unfair sales process" aimed at preventing Yucaipa from acquiring Safeway's Dominick's Finer Foods chain.

WASHINGTON -- Supermarket pharmacies continued to experience the fastest retail pharmacy growth rate in 2002, according to a new Food Marketing Institute (FMI) study, "Report From the 2003 Supermarket Pharmacy Survey."

YONKERS, N.Y. -- To help consumers sort through the growing options and make the best grocery-shopping decisions, Consumer Reports (CR) surveyed more than 25,000 readers about their experiences at 52 chain stores.

PLANO, Texas -- PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay unit, in its latest move to market some of its snacks as healthy, announced that it's adding a "smart snack" label with nutrition information to the front of packages of its baked chips.

AMSTERDAM -- Ahold, the embattled Dutch grocery group reeling from a large accounting scandal revealed earlier this year, is expected to unveil a more than 10 percent decline in second-quarter sales when it provides a trading update on Friday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Supermarket cashiers in Argentina are being forced to wear diapers to keep them from taking toilet breaks at work, a union says.