Costco Wholesale Corp.’s July sales increased by about 8 percent since the same period last year, according to a news release from the company. New Mexico Business...
Grocery Industry
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council (FPFC) met July 17 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. American actor and season 13 winner of “Dancing with the Stars” J.R...
In the food industry, everyone’s looking for the next hot product and the newest food trend. But where does this all originate? What sparks a trend, captures a palate...
by Rick Rusch, Thought-Tech Special to The Shelby Report Grocers, like all merchants, are prone to a fairly simple view of marketing. Many grocers see their marketing as...
The Federated Foods 2012 Summer Buying Show held July 22-24 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago drew more than 325 participants. Pam Boynton, chief strategy officer, Federated...
Cargill Beef, a business unit of Wichita-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., announces an immediate Class I voluntary recall of approximately 29,339 lbs. of 85-percent...
Thomasville, Ga.-based Flowers Foods announced July 23 that it has acquired Lepage Bakeries of Auburn, Maine. For fiscal 2011, Lepage had sales of $166 million from its...
Sales of prepared foods and ready-to-eat foods at retail will reach $32.45 billion in 2012, up 7.5 percent from 2011, according to “Prepared Foods and Ready-to-Eat...