Month: June 2014

An Italian food importer and wholesaler is building its profile this week as it adds the capacity it needs to compete for a place on the shelves at big chain grocery stores. …

Walk down the aisles of a typical grocery store, and basically everything is in a package–in some stores, even the produce is shrink-wrapped. Since an average supermarket has around 42,000 different products, getting rid of that packaging isn’t exactly easy; a grocer that wants to eliminate waste has to rethink their entire supply chain. That hasn’t stopped a few pioneers from trying. The latest is a Berlin store called Original Unpacked (Original Unverpackt), now raising funds on the crowdfunding site Startnext. …

The battle over genetically modified food continues to rage, focused mostly on whether companies should label products that contain GMOs. More and more of our clients are asking us to weigh in on the potential of the non-GMO market and the marketing consequences of non-GMO labeling. …

Unified Grocers has joined the inMarket Mobile to Mortar™ (M2M) beacon platform and will begin deploying beacon technology in select member stores in California and Washington later this month. …

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard (Rick) Stein as vice president of fresh foods. …