Retail & FoodService

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the leader in fresh food insights representing the nation’s food retailers and Technomic, the leading research and consulting firm in the foodservice industry, announce the formation of a strategic business alliance to offer food retailers concrete information on the growth opportunities for the fresh prepared food area of retail stores. …

Guiding Stars, the leading independent nutrition guidance program,  today announced it is now the most widely implemented program of its kind in North America, helping consumers in 2,100 grocery stores and supermarkets  in the U.S. and 10 Canadian provinces and two territories to make more nutritious choices when shopping for themselves and their families. …

Food Lion announced today that Meg Ham has been named president of Food Lion effective Nov. 1.  She succeeds Beth Newlands Campbell, who is leaving the company for personal and professional reasons. …

On average, Americans are willing to spend 31 percent more per week on grocery food produced in ways that uphold the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR), according to the Conscious Consumer™ Study issued today by Gibbs-rbb Strategic Communications. …

KeHE Distributors, a leading distributor of natural, specialty, and fresh products, will host its annual Summer Selling & Product Innovation Show in Orlando Feb 2-3, 2015. This rapidly growing show is completely sold out – 4 weeks prior to the posted deadline. …