Retail & FoodService

Grocery stores are in a bare-knuckle battle for customers, and supermarkets in Western New York are swinging away. With shrewd customers, thin margins and increasing pressure from new rivals, grocers here must constantly innovate just to hold on to their share of the market. …

Amazon is working with the U.S. Postal Service to transport insulated tote bags of perishable goods to customers San Francisco, as part of the e-commerce website's growing same-day grocery-delivery service called AmazonFresh. …

The Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC), a food business incubation and economic development program of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a winner of its first Growth Accelerator Fund competition. …

The world's largest retailer is looking to its bite-sized Neighborhood Markets — like the one that opened Wednesday along Gunn Highway, north of Tampa — to boost lagging sales and better compete against aggressive rivals. …

Thousands of restaurant owners/operators and foodservice professionals packed into the Orange County Convention Center for the opening day of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show taking place this week.  In addition to 400 exhibiting companies, the Expo is packed with exciting special events including the Food Trends Experience with 50+ companies offering tastings of new foods and beverages; the ACF Culinary Competition; the Fresh From Florida and Food Truck Pavilions; the Culinary Demonstration Stage which will feature Emeril Lagasse today at 1:00 pm; and much more.  …