Month: May 2012

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it is seeing early success in its small stores called Walmart Express. Bill Simon, president of the company's U.S. Walmart stores division, told investors Wednesday that its Walmart Express stores, which are less than one-tenth of the size of Walmart supercenters, are profitable less than a year after the company started opening them.

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Grocery stores are not just for Ladies anymore! According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 41 percent of meals made at home are prepared by men and more and more men are taking over as the primary household grocery shoppers. Long gone are the days of June Cleaver as the primary customers for grocery stores. Men are increasingly taking over food shopping and becoming responsible for their families nutritional intake. In 2011, 30-50 percent of men were the primary grocery shoppers for their households. …

Kings Food Markets (Kings) saw the grand reopening of its Livingston, NJ store on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The Livingston location is the second of the upscale chain's 24 stores to undergo renovations as part of a company-wide brand and website relaunch. The initiative kicked off in February 2012 in an effort to meet the ever-changing needs and demands of Kings' customers and will continue over the next few years across the company's footprint in New Jersey and New York. …

With the growing penetration of smartphones, mobile phone applications are quickly becoming the go-to source for countless daily tasks, including finding grocery deals, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD food market research also finds that tech-savvy consumers are using the Internet and social media to hunt down recipes, shop for food, and connect with their favorite food brands. …