Fresh prepared foods (FPF) are a high-growth category for most grocery retailers as consumers seek more fresh, healthy foods in ready-to-eat formats. As retailers continue to invest in their fresh prepared foods programs, some of the recent innovations and learnings from fast-casual restaurants and international retailers could provide some insights and opportunities for food retailers […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted in, Grocery Industry, Midwest
KeHE Holiday Show Breaks Records
KeHE Distributors’ annual Holiday Show at McCormick Place in Chicago, held June 8-9, brought together more than 3,000 retailers and suppliers focused on natural, specialty and fresh products appropriate for the upcoming holiday season. KeHE said new, emerging and familiar “gotta have” items were on display throughout the show floor. “Our retailer and supplier partners […]
Posted in, Marketing News, National
More Than 30 Brands Support Believe In Heroes Campaign
More than 30 national leading consumer brands and 100 grocery retail banners have pledged to support this generation of veterans by participating in the 2014 Wounded Warrior Project Believe in Heroes campaign. Believe in Heroes benefits Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Since its inception […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Southeast
Mobile Apps: Providing Solutions Key To Greater Shopper Engagement
The growth of mobile apps in the food retail industry has been well documented, but recent research suggests that the key to generating consumer engagement with a store’s mobile app is to customize the functions to meet a store’s particular shoppers’ specific needs and interests. According to Nancy Childs, a professor of food marketing at […]
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Price Chopper Adds Food Rewards To Chopper Shopper Card
This month Price Chopper is adding more choices to its popular Chopper Shopper Rewards Card. Now, shoppers can choose between the existing fuel program or switch to the new food program, the Kansas-based grocer said July 11. With the Chopper Shopper Rewards program, every dollar the customer spends at Price Chopper earns points. For the […]
Posted in, Grocery Industry, Perishables
Inventure Foods Introduces Vitamin-Enhanced Rader Brand Frozen Fruit
Inventure Foods has introduced Rader Farms Fruit PLUS Vitamins, the first-ever fortified whole frozen fruit product. Using proprietary technology and topical nutrients sourced from whole fruits and vegetables, Fruit PLUS Vitamins builds on naturally-occurring vitamins found within whole strawberries, blueberries and blackberries and boosts the nutrition level with five additional vitamins, including B1, B6, D, E […]
Posted in, Grocery Industry, National
Frozen Pies And Cakes Decline As Americans Seek Gourmet Flavors, Snackable Indulgences
Few things are more American than baseball, blue jeans and apple pie, just so long as that apple pie isn’t frozen. While total retail sales of prepared cakes and pies grew 24 percent from 2009 to 2014 to reach $11.2 billion, frozen and refrigerated cakes and pies was the only segment to decline (2.4 percent), […]
Posted in, Perishables, Southwest
Phase II Expansion At Ruiz Foods Texas Manufacturing Plant Under Way
Ruiz Food Products today announced the Phase II Expansion of its Denison, Texas, manufacturing facility. One year ago—on June 19, 2013—Ruiz Foods announced a building expansion that included the installation of equipment for Phase I. “With Phase II we will continue to meet the growing demand in key market segments,” said Ruiz Foods President and CEO […]