Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

CINCINNATI -- Kroger plans to install E85 fuel dispensers this summer at 18 stations in Dallas and Houston.

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- Desire is strong for organic and natural ingredients, but consumers want even more, in the way of benefits and premium ingredients in the personal care category, according to a study based on research conducted by the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) here.

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- Desire is strong for organic and natural ingredients, but consumers want even more, in the way of benefits and premium ingredients in the personal care category, according to a study based on research conducted by the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) here.

Washington, D.C. -- In advance of the July 27 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the National Uniformity for Food Act (S. 3128), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) here applauded the committee's decision to host a public hearing on the bill and urged the Senate to quickly consider and pass the legislation.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market plans to install a Web-based project management tool to streamline its expansion efforts.

DETROIT -- Hebrew National's first-ever "Higher Authority Hawker Challenge" came to an operatic end during a pre-game ceremony here on July 21, when Charley "Opera Man" Marcuse took the title of Comerica Park's "Higher Authority Hawker."

AUSTIN, Texas -- Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market plans to install a Web-based project management tool to streamline its expansion efforts.

Buffalo, N.Y. -- By consent resolution, the board at Rich Products Corp. here elected its president and c.e.o., Robert E. Rich Jr., to succeed his father Robert E. Rich, who passed away earlier this year, as the company's chairman.