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-lean, fresh, ground beef produced at the company’s Wyalusing, Penn., facility on May 25, 2012, due to possible contamination from Salmonella Enteritidis. The ground beef involved was repackaged for sale to consumers […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted in, Northeast, Perishables, Southwest
Flowers Foods Acquires Lepage Bakeries
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 three bakeries in New England. The acquisition adds Lepage’s efficient operations and 100 years of baking tradition to the second largest producer of packaged bakery foods for retail […]
Posted in, National, Perishables, The Kroger Co.
$32B Prepared Foods Market Proves Supermarkets Aren’t Just For Groceries
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 Foods at Retail,” a just-released report from Packaged Facts. The prepared foods retail net extends across a wide number of retail formats, but supermarkets command majority share. Supermarkets garner […]
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Yogurt’s Growth Outpaces Rest Of U.S. Food Industry
Yogurt’s growth has outpaced the rest of the U.S. food industry and analysts say the market for yogurt of all kinds is only expected to increase, reports Fortune. Reports and projects that point to growth in the industry, according to Fortune, include: A Nielsen study that says U.S. sales are up 15 percent from 2010 […]
Posted in, Marketing News, West
Sunlight Introduces Pretty Lady For The Summer
Summer fun has begun, and what better way to kick off this year’s summer grape season than with a new merchandising program from Sunlight International and JP Dulcich & Sons Grapes? Announcing the new Pretty Lady for the Summer Point-of-Sale materials, available now. Featuring a beautifully illustrated beach scene, and a chic Pretty Lady in […]
Posted in, National, Perishables
Fresh Swordfish Available for Limited Time at Whole Foods
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified harpoon-caught swordfish from Nova Scotia will be available for two months beginning in July at Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods says it is the only national retailer to carry this fresh, never frozen summer grilling specialty. To harvest the swordfish, fishermen harpoon mature fish one at a time, virtually eliminating […]
Posted in, BJ's Wholesale Club, Marketing News, National
Study: Four Grocers Prove That Actors, Theatre Drive Retail Growth
A consumer study of America’s leading brands has shown that the retailers driving economic and sector growth are doing so by creating a sense of theatre around their in-store experiences. Half of the top 100 companies overall are retailers. Within the Top 10—Wegmans, fourth; Publix, fifth; Trader Joe’s, sixth; and H-E-B, 10th—were set apart by […]
Posted in, National, Perishables
Beef Checkoff Seeks Entries For National Awards
The Beef Checkoff Program is calling for entries for its annual National Retail Beef Backer Awards, a prestigious national awards program that honors retailers that go above and beyond to market and merchandise beef to their customers. Through Oct. 1, retailers can enter to win in one of four categories: • Independent Retailer (fewer than […]