Retail & FoodService

The D.C. region's two most prevalent grocery stores, Giant and Safeway, continued their dominance of the market in 2012, but the influence of non-traditional sellers of grocery items is continuing to increase, according to the latest market study from Food World magazine. …

Soon, Boca Raton residents won't have to cross city lines to buy Trader Joe's Organic Turkish Apricots. The grocer known for carrying quirky and exotic products is planning to open a store next year at 855 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. …

Elmhurst is getting a new grocery store — and new sushi and gelato bars, a bakery, wine and cheese shops, even a pizzeria with a stone hearth oven. Those specialty shops and more are all inside the new Mariano's, which opened this week at 678 N. York St., at the northwest corner of York and Industrial Drive. …

Slade Gorton, a leading provider of premium seafood through foodservice and retail channels, and Elevation Brands, a pioneer of all natural allergy-friendly and gluten free foods, have inked a deal to put gluten free/allergy friendly choices on menus everywhere. …

Crunch Pak will feature peach mango flavored sliced apples at the PMA Foodservice Conference in Monterey, Calif. …