Month: April 2013

It's not surprising that both Americans and Europeans show little desire to shop for groceries directly on their mobile devices. Remote food shopping has been a tough sell for the past 15 years on the Internet. But a new survey of both markets by Symphony EYC reveals that there is a substantial desire for mobile services around grocery shopping. …

Wakefern yesterday donated a record $1 million to The Academy of Food Marketing at St. Joseph’s University – the largest ever gift to the food business school based in Philadelphia. …

Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania and northern Vermont celebrated today with the local community the official grand-re-opening under the Tops brand banner of the former Big M stores at 227 East Main Street in Elbridge, NY and 9 Mechanic Street in Jordan, NY. …

Whole Foods Market today announced its support of Yes on 522, the campaign to label genetically modified foods by launching a grassroots effort called, Will Vote for Food (www.WillVoteforFood.com) to engage consumers and build support of the ballot initiative. …

Sprouts Farmers Market, an organic grocer owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC , has selected underwriters for an initial public offering later this year, according to two sources familiar with the matter. …