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Food Helps BJ's Log Double-digit Comps in Q3
Stellar high-margin perishables sales helped push comps to their highest in 15 quarters. More >>

Unified Grocers Ventures into Data Sync
Deployment of the "Fast Start" program will allow for initial synchronization with the wholesaler's biggest supplier, Kraft Foods. More >>

Metro Boosts 4Q Net
The growth was driven by the successful resolution of issues related to the company's information systems in Ontario, and the strong performance of its Quebec stores. More >>

KGA Names James Neumann Grocer of the Year
ValuMarkets' family leader was feted at Kentucky grocery trade association's annual meeting. More >>

Aldi Touts T-Day Feast Under $30
A 14-lb Butterball bird is the centerpiece of the discounter's opportunistic holiday special. More >>

Nestle Recalls Lean Cuisine After Consumers Find Plastic
The recall involves close to 880,000 pounds of chicken meals. More >>

'Back to Basics' to Rule for Thanksgiving Sales, Says Nielsen
The market watcher predicts strong sales of traditional foods, as well as aggressive featuring by grocers. More >>

Natural Products Industry Continues to Outperform at Conventional Retail, Says SPINS
The natural market specialty firm said research shows product authenticity, and a focus on core consumers are helping sales performance. More >>

Whole Foods Adds Another Third-party Certifier for 'Whole Trade' Products
The supernatural now offers over 1,000 socially responsible items in stores. More >>

FMI Introduces Global Private Label Initiative
The initiative will include new annual events focusing on education and business opportunities. More >>

OTA Rolling Out Major Marketing Initiative
The Organic Trade Association's multipronged campaign aims to grow the consumer base as "confusion" reigns. More >>

Consumers of All Incomes Choosing Private Label to Stretch Budgets: IRI
The drug channel is wreaping the biggest benefit, as more shoppers look for cheaper self-care products such as OTC medication. More >>

EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT: GROCERY: Frozen and Dairy: Work it out
Marketers have to keep their assortments in shape to stay in step with shoppers' continued demand for healthy choices in frozen and dairy. More >>

EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT: GROCERY: Salad Dressings: Shake it up
Innovation is adding spice to the salad dressing category. More >>

Cub Foods Opens Second Smaller Footprint Store
The new ‘Eagan East’ Cub shoots for an “intimate” neighborhood market feel. More >>

Alcohol an ‘Affordable Indulgence’ in Tough Times, Says Nielsen
Grocery, convenience, and other off-premise retailers will benefit over the holidays as people increasingly celebrate, and drink, at home, according to research from Nielsen. More >>

Redner’s Debuts Delaware Unit
The regional grocer has cited its first store in the state in Dover More >>

ASCI Tabs Small Dip in Customer Satisfaction with Brands
The latest quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index shows some CPG firms leading the way, but other companies without “strongly satisfied customers” face a difficult road ahead. More >>

Hannaford Launches Chocolate Milk Sweepstakes
Two grand-prize winners will receive free home heating for a year. More >>

Campbell Promotes 2 Vets to Leadership Roles
Sean Connelly and Irene Chang Britt get division presidencies. More >>

A Snappier Look for Snapple
Sleeker packaging and a reformulated flavor aim to boost weak U.S. sales of the teas. More >>

EXCLUSIVE WEB CONTENT: GROCERY: Frozen and Dairy: Up, up, and away
It's been a challenging year for dairy and frozen departments, with constantly rising costs and commodity prices leading to retail price hikes. How are the departments coping? More >>

Grocers Can't Neglect Quality as Store Brand Sales Take Off, PLMA Prez Says
Private label sales are going gangbusters nationally, but that’s no excuse for dropping the ball on high quality standards, cautioned Brian Sharoff, president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association, speaking at the trade association’s annual conference in Chicago this weekend. More >>

Sam's Club Launches Fair Trade Certified Wine
Sam's Club this month is launching its first Fair Trade Certified wine, Neu Direction, a 100 percent Malbec from the winegrowing region of Lujan de Cuyo in Argentina. The wine, which Sam’s Clubs said it is carrying exclusively, is one of only a few to attain Fair Trade status in the first year of the Fair Trade Wine certification program in the U.S. More >>

Stop & Shop, Giant Food to Offer Pet Insurance
Ahold-owned Stop & Shop and Giant Food will begin offering pet insurance this fall as a complement to their pet products, and an additional service to pet-owning shoppers. More >>

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Produce Ops2008 Produce Operations Review
Shaking the tree: PG's annual "state of the produce department" study finds wholesale price hikes and elusive profits fighting against the industry's continuing efforts to improve consumption.

61st Annual Consumer Expenditures Study
Grocery industry sales gains continue, riding a wave of higher food prices, for better or worse.
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