Grocers See Sense For Custom Pricing
Several U.S. grocery store chains are trying customized pricing based on shoppers' behavior to try to encourage spending and boost their margins, analysts said. …
Month: August 2012
In Grocery Stores, The Perimeters Take Center Stage
“You can pretty much be in Anywhere, U.S.A., in center store, but the perimeter is the fashion side of the grocery business,” said Sharon A. Lessard, chief designer at Supervalu, which operates Cub Foods stores as well as chains like Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Albertsons in some markets. “The perimeter is where we can best distinguish ourselves from everyone else.” …
New Blueberry Varieties Being Readied For Sale
Blueberry growers and consumers alike stand to benefit from Gupton and Pearl, two new southern highbush cultivars developed by Agricultural Research Service researchers in Poplarville, Mississippi. In addition to high yields of plump, flavorful berries and vigorous growth, the new cultivars should give southern growers a jump on the lucrative early-ripening fresh market, which starts in April and May. …
Missa Bay Recalls Fruit, Vegetable, & Sandwich Products Containing Apples
Missa Bay, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ready Pac Foods, Inc., of Swedesboro, New Jersey is voluntarily recalling a total of 293,488 cases and 296,224 individually distributed units of fruit, vegetable, and sandwich products containing apples, as listed below, with the Useby dates of July 8, 2012 through August 20, 2012 because they contain diced or sliced apples which may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. …
Burch Equipment Expands Recall To Include Additional Shipping Dates & Honeydew Melons
Burch Equipment LLC, North Carolina, is expanding its recall to include all of this growing season's cantaloupes and honeydew melons that may remain on the market because they may possibly be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. There have been no illnesses reported to date. …
