New Grocery Competition In Sacramento Puts Squeeze On Industry Leaders

An unprecedented wave of new grocery competition in Sacramento is tightening the squeeze on longtime industry leaders Raley's and Safeway, suggesting a dramatic reshaping of the local market.

Earth Fare Bringing Its Unique Concept To The Summit In Louisville, KY

Earth Fare will open its first store in Kentucky in the northeast Louisville shopping center in late summer, said Becky Norton, general manager of The Summit. Earth Fare, which is based in Asheville, N.C., dubs itself “the healthy supermarket.”

Celebrity Chefs Coming To Glow, Bluewater, BBC Good Food Show April 12th-15th

March 30, 2012 BBC Worldwide Limited

The BBC Good Food Show Spring is launching at Glow, Bluewater in April and today announces a line up of celebrity chefs and TV programmes never before seen under one roof in Kent!

Rooney Cosponsors Bill To Block DOL Attack On Family Farms

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney (FL-16), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, today cosponsored the bipartisan “Preserving America’s Family Farm Act,” HR 4157, which would prevent the Department of Labor (DOL) from enacting controversial new restrictions on youth working on family farms.

Piggly Wiggly Uncorks 'Local Since Forever'

March 30, 2012 Sarah Mahoney, MediaPost

Regional grocery chain Piggly Wiggly is proclaiming itself “Local Since Forever” in its first new brand campaign in six years.