Giant Food of Landover, Md. has entered into a definitive agreement with Mrs. Green’s Management Corporation to acquire two of the company’s Fresh & Green’s supermarket locations currently serving the Baltimore market. …
A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, unveiled the “Great For You” icon at an event in Washington, D.C. The icon, part of the company’s healthier food initiative, is an effort to implement a transparent, summary icon for its private label brand products backed by rigorous nutrition criteria. …
Tyler Cowen links to a post in which William Gadea wonders why Arnold Bread offers so darn many products. It’s not like this is the first time anybody has asked that question. There is a huge management discipline that focuses on this issue, and it attempts to evaluate product-line proliferation as the trade-off of incremental revenue versus increased complexity costs for production and distribution. …
As the Modern Cupcake Moment swirls into its second decade, America just might have to admit that what we’re dealing with — 669.4 million sold from October 2010 to October 2011, according to the market research firm NPD — is not a fad. It’s an enduring love affair. …
Rudi’s Gluten-Free Bakery is on a mission to help those suffering from gluten-intolerance or celiac disease taste the good life through a 30 day Gluten Freebies Giveaway on Facebook. Rudi’s Gluten-Free was founded on the idea that you don’t have to give anything up to go gluten-free – the company’s breads and baked goods look, taste and feel like the real thing – and is hosting this giveaway to share how delicious a gluten-free life can be. …
© Copyright 2021 | Phoenix Media Network | All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
