Retail & FoodService

U.S. Foodservice today announced it has acquired Vesuvio Foods, Inc, the metro New York market's premier source of high quality Italian foods for pizzerias, fine Italian restaurants and gourmet shops. …

Less than two years after launching its first new format store in the Chicago market, Meijer is delivering another new concept to its Chicago-area customers as it prepares to open Meijer Marketplace, a more localized grocery store in Melrose Park. …

Southern Family Markets will open 2 Food World Discount Foods in Decatur today. …

Portion control is a tenet of healthy eating, and it appears that consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of managing the portion size of the foods they eat, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. …

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is opening its first Market grocery store in the Northeast in Somerville, becoming the latest – and biggest – new competitor to try to shake up the once-staid supermarket scene in New England.
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