Retail In The Digital Age: Lowes Foods Hires Branding Expert For Makeover

July 18, 2014 Kristina Yates, CNBC

Appealing to all the senses is a concept that Lowes Foods, a 99-location grocery chain across the Carolinas and Virginia, is embracing wholeheartedly. The company hired Martin Lindstrom and his team to give its traditional stores a makeover.

KeHE Holiday Show Breaks Records

July 18, 2014 KeHE Distributors, LLC

KeHE Distributors, a leading distributor of natural, specialty, multicultural and fresh products, hosted its annual Holiday Show at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois June 8-9, 2014. The two-day event brought together over 3,000 retailers and suppliers focused on natural, specialty and fresh products appropriate for the upcoming holiday season. New, emerging, and familiar "gotta have" items were on display throughout the show floor.

Metro & Equiterre Continue Their Organic Basket Distribution Partnership

For the third year in a row, Metro and quiterre are pleased to partner to facilitate the distribution of organic baskets in all four corners of Quebec. Nineteen stores in all 18 Metro and 1 Super C which is 5 more than in 2013 and 16 more than in 2012, will serve as drop-off points until next October for baskets of fresh vegetables that are certified organic or in the process of becoming so, prepared by agricultural producers who are members of the quiterre Family Farmers Network.

Government Of Canada Proposes Changes To Nutrition Information On Food Labels

July 18, 2014 Health Canada

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, launched a series of online public consultations on proposed changes that will improve the way nutrition information is presented on labels.

Growing Grocery Shopper Concern Over Food Waste According To Sealed Air 2014 Food Waste Survey

July 18, 2014 Sealed Air

Global demand for food has never been higher, as populations skyrocket and developing areas of the world strive to feed their citizens. But in the United States, more than one-third of the food produced is never eaten and a new online survey of U.S. grocery shoppers’ attitudes conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) shows that food waste in the U.S. is near the top of the list of consumers’ environmental concerns and they are willing to change behaviors if better informed on the issue. The April 2014 study interviewed over 1,000 U.S. adults (aged 18+) who do at least 25% of their household’s grocery shopping (“American grocery shoppers”).