Safeway has transitioned to using reusable product containers (RPCs), rather than corrugated boxes, to ship many types of produce from the farm fields, through the distribution channel and to final store destination. This transition eliminated the use of more than 17 million pounds of corrugated boxes. Safeway, which has introduced a broad range of successful […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted in, National, Perishables
UltraFreshSystem Packaging Available for Fresh-Cut Produce
South Carolina-based packaging company Sonoco, California-based manufacturer Paper Pak Industries and packaging and St. Louis-based supplies distribution company Bunzl Distribution have introduced the UltraFreshSystem for packaging fresh-cut produce. The UltraFreshSystem features a custom-designed, thermoformed Sonoco tray combined with an UltraZapXtendaPak food safety pad from Paper Pak Industries. The tray includes an insert to channel liquid […]
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Data Highlights Most Frequent New Product On-Package Claims In Food, Beverage Industry
New data from Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD) has spotlighted the most frequent health-focused on-package claims for new products in the food and beverage industry. For 2011, topping the list was “kosher,” which appeared on 27 percent of new products, more than twice as often as the second most common claim, “all natural product.” […]
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Fresh Market Founder, Family and Execs to Sell 10M Shares
The Fresh Market Inc. founder Ray Berry and six other existing stockholders are selling off about 10 million shares of common stock, reducing their ownership stakes, The Business Journal reports. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from the Greensboro-based specialty grocer, the selling stockholders include Berry; his son Brett Berry, the former CEO […]
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Prevalence Of Private Label Products—Part Of The ‘New Normal’
The just completed wave of shopper research on private label usage conducted by Perception Research Services (PRS), shows the vast majority of shoppers still purchase some private label products on a regular basis (86 percent—on par with the 84 percent seen in November 2010). This is true across income groups and other types of classification. […]
Posted in, Marketing News, Southwest
United Supermarkets’ Red Hot Summer Game Features Millions In Prizes
More than $12 million in prizes and money-saving offers—including a guaranteed $250,000 grand prize winner—will be up for grabs during United Supermarkets’ 2012 Red Hot Summer Game. This year’s game launches its 13-week run today at 44 participating locations of United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos in Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Texas, and surrounding […]
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Coke Among Most Valuable Brands
Atlanta remains home to three of the world’s most valuable brands, including Coke—and those brands’ values are still growing. According to a study by annual BrandZ study by market researcher Millward Brown, The Coca-Cola Co., UPS and The Home Depot are among the 100 most valuable brands on earth. The Atlanta Business Journal reports that […]
Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Marketing News, Midwest
LiveAisle Signage Can Give Small Grocers Big-Store Sales Appeal
Avery Dennison Designed and Engineered Solutions has introduced low-cost shelf signage that enables grocers and small supermarket chains to advertise sales at the shelf-level with the same degree of professionalism as retailing giants. Avery Dennison LiveAisle™ shelf solutions consist of shelf talkers, markers, end cap talkers, violators and wobblers. The signage has a unique product […]