Category: Grocery Industry
Posted in, Center Store, Frozen Food, Perishables, Southeast

Blue Bell To Begin Next Phase Of Market Re-Entry Next Month, Includes Southeast

by Shelby Team

Blue Bell Ice Cream will enter phase five of its market re-entry plan over a two-week period beginning Jan. 18. The week of Jan. 18 will include middle and eastern Tennessee, the northern sections of Alabama and Georgia and parts of Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The week of Jan. 25 will include […]

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Study: Associates Are The Trump Card In Nurturing Supermarket Loyalty

by Shelby Team

The Retail Feedback Group (RFG), a provider of actionable stakeholder feedback, has released its 2015 U.S. Supermarket Experience Study. The research, now in its eighth year, found that supermarkets continue to generate high satisfaction among their shoppers, scoring an average of 4.44 on a 5-point scale, where 5 is highest. Shoppers who felt like a […]

Posted in, National, Perishables, Suppliers

Nestlé Vows To Switch To 100 Percent Cage-Free Eggs By 2020

by Shelby Team

Nestlé says it will switch to 100 percent cage-free eggs in the U.S. by 2020. The company’s announcement follows similar vows from the likes of McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Compass Group, Aramark, Sodexo, Starbucks, Panera Bread, Dunkin’ Donuts and more. According to The Humane Society of the United Staes (HSUS), Carnival Corp.—the world’s largest cruise company—announced this month a 100 […]

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Food Retail Industry Study Urges Shopper-Centric Approach Vs. Category Management

by Shelby Team

Category management in the food retail industry is stagnant, according to a new study by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Deloitte Consulting LLP and Winston Weber, but a roadmap to a more insightful shopper-centric way of doing business is accessible in today’s market. The collaborative business planning study suggests that the biggest shortcomings of category […]

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New Study Forecasts Growth In Grocery Spending For Holiday Season

by Shelby Team

‘Tis the season to be shopping, and a new study from Acosta, a leading full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods industry, shows 57 percent of shoppers who were surveyed plan to spend more on groceries during the 2015 holiday season as compared to last year. Acosta’s shopper survey, conducted in early […]

Posted in, Executive News, Grocery Industry, Independent Store News, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Merchandising News, Perishables, Southeast

Laurel Grocery Co. Reports Three Executive Changes

by Shelby Team

David Pearson, president of Kentucky-based Laurel Grocery Co., has announced executive changes that were effective Nov. 15. On that date, Kip Faulhaber was promoted to SVP of merchandising and marketing, overseeing all marketing, merchandising and procurement for the entire company. Carey Otwell joined Laurel as VP of fresh, responsible for meat, produce, bakery and deli and […]