Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

CHICAGO - European plans to label gene-altered foods and require data tracking their movement threatened a new transatlantic trade row on Wednesday as U.S. grain sector officials said they are unworkable and would lead to higher food costs, Reuters reports.

NEW YORK - Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against A&P on behalf of a shareholder group, alleging that the company violated the federal securities laws by issuing materially false and misleading statements that artificially inflated the market price of its securities.

Inspired by the need to boost sales, manufacturers are introducing more new products than ever. For retailers, that's both a big opportunity and a major headache.

CAMDEN, N.J. - Campbell Soup Company today announced that it has agreed to purchase Ireland's second largest dry soup business, Erin Foods, from Greencore Group plc.

WASHINGON - The Food Marketing Institute and National Council of Chain Restaurants on Thursday unveiled their first comprehensive guidelines for the humane treatment of farm animals.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Elogex Inc. has announced that ES3 LLC, a supply chain management services firm dedicated to the food industry, has selected the Elogex solution as its complete platform for inbound and outbound transportation activities.

GENEVA - Scientists from Europe, North America and Japan began an urgent meeting Tuesday to consider information on the newly suspected substance acrylamide, The Associated Press reports.

ATLANTA - CIES - The Food Business Forum is seeking to positively change the image of retail throughout the world, congregants at the international association's World Food Business Summit in Atlanta were told last week.