Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

QUINCY, Mass. ¿ A Bedford, Mass. supermarket operated by Stop & Shop had to be evacuated last week after a vendor noticed an eight-inch copper pipe inside one of the store's shopping carts, the Lowell Sun reported.

One retailer's firsthand account of devastation and recovery in the face of Hurricane Ivan shows how grocers both give and receive when disaster strikes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A supermarket operator could be the subject of one of four agro-terrorism preparedness pilot visits that the U.S. government is planning, as part of its new national effort to protect the nation's food supply from terrorist threats, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman told Progressive Grocer yesterday.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- American consumers rate themselves as the world's most savvy shoppers when it comes to understanding nutrition labels on the foods they buy. But rather than worry about preservatives or additives, most focus on fat content and calories, according to a new global survey of consumers by ACNielsen.

NEW YORK -- In a sign that manufacturers have upped the ante on their coupon promotions, FSI coupon use was on the rise in the first half of the year, led by a 15.7 percent jump in personal care product coupons, according to the latest Marx FSI Trend Report issued yesterday.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion has brought in a merchandiser from Kroger to help with its ongoing strategy to focus more intensively on fresh.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- BI-LO here said it is upgrading its ability to micro-market to shoppers, by deploying planning and forecasting applications that enable it to tailor shelf assortments tailored to more specific local customer demand.

LONDON, United Kingdom -- In an effort to boost productivity at its checkouts, Tesco is piloting a new bi-optic, in-counter scanner/scale solution in 400 lanes.