Articles by The NPD Group

Evidence is emerging that lower-income consumers on federal nutrition assistance along with higher-income consumers, not the middle class, sustained the grocery business as the recession first hit, and the likelihood of this continuing bifurcation warrants a deeper understanding of the consumption habits of these lower-income consumers, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company. …

Food Lion store manager Charles Inman, who manages the Food Lion located at 238 Pritchard Road in Clayton, N.C., was named Delhaize Group’s Store Manager of the Year. Inman was selected among 3,400 store managers across the globe. He received this coveted award during a surprise ceremony at his store. …

Houchens Industries Inc. plans to open additional grocery stores in Louisville and to hire about 180 people. …

On a brisk day not too long ago, a small convoy of trucks pulled into the parking lot of Praters Foods in south Lubbock and began unloading the newest piece of machinery in the food manufacturing operation of United Supermarkets, LLC. In no time, the 90-foot-long machine was cranking out 800 dozen thats 9,600 flour tortillas every hour. United is officially in the tortilla-making business and in a big way. …

In the District’s less prosperous days, Safeway — the city’s top grocery chain for decades — was often competing only with itself. After years of population declines, swaths of D.C. neighborhoods did not have any grocery stores at all, much less competitors on the same street. …