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Industry Reacts To Bipartisan Policy Center Report On SNAP

In 2017, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) launched a 13-member task force to explore strategies for promoting healthy nutrition through public programs and policies related to food and health. The task force focused on what it says are opportunities to strengthen and improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides food assistance to more […]

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Weight Watchers Launching Line Of Meal Kits, Housewares

Weight Watchers International Inc. has launched WW Healthy Kitchen, a collection of products and content designed to make it easier for consumers to cook and eat healthier. Delivering on the company’s new purpose to “inspire healthy habits for real life,” Weight Watchers unveiled WW Healthy Kitchen at the 2018 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois, […]

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New Nielsen Research Highlights Opportunities For Meal Kit Sales

While the food retail landscape isn’t one that sees an over-abundance of frequent, market-shifting innovation, meal kits are proving to be just that, according to global information and measurement company Nielsen. In just a few short years, they have carved out a unique—and profitable—niche in the U.S. grocery landscape. And what’s more, they’re no longer […]

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Cash Management In The Supermarket Industry—A Q&A With A Large Grocer

Sponsored content by Elley Frost / president, CMSPI, an independent payments consultancy Following a successful initiative to optimize cash management processes, which provided seven-figures in savings, we caught up with a large U.S. supermarket chain to learn what they did, how they did it and what advice they would offer to others in the industry. Can […]

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Beef Meets Sushi In A New Concept From NAMI

The North American Meat Institute, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, hopes to “beef up” traditional sushi with a new culinary concept called Beefshi, and polling suggests Americans are eager to try it. Developed by a Culinary Institute of America-trained chef, Beefshi integrates prepared beef favorites like pastrami, corned beef, jerky, beef hot dogs and […]

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Independent Grocers Urge Congress To Oppose ‘Harvest Box’ Proposal

The National Grocers Association (NGA) sent a letter on behalf of the independent supermarket industry to Capitol Hill on Friday, March 2, urging opposition to the White House’s harvest box proposal, which would drastically change the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by replacing about 40 percent of SNAP benefits with a government run food delivery […]

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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Delivery To Atlanta And San Francisco

Amazon has launched free two-hour delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in Atlanta and San Francisco. Starting March 6, Prime customers in Atlanta and San Francisco neighborhoods can shop through Prime Now for items including fresh produce, meat and seafood, everyday staples and other locally sourced items from […]