Year: 2014

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage will open a Gresham store in two months, continuing the Colorado company's rapid expansion across Oregon that also will include a Clackamas County store this spring. …

According to a new study published today by Catalina, the personalized digital media company, shoppers are highly selective when it comes to making CPG purchases, buying on average less than one percent of products available on grocery store shelves during a one-year period. Further, the study “Engaging the Selective Shopper,” which took place over 52-weeks and examined the purchasing choices of more than 32 million American shoppers across 9,968 U.S. grocery stores, revealed that every shopper has a different purchasing profile and no two shoppers ever purchased the same items. …

The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents more than 300 food companies, is preparing a petition to the chief U.S. food safety regulator and a push in Congress to require changes in oversight and labeling of new genetically modified foods, an association leader said Monday. …

SUPERVALU INC. announced that experienced retail executive Gerald Storch has been elected as the company’s new chair of its Board of Directors. The appointment comes after Robert Miller, who served as chairman of SUPERVALU’s Board of Directors since March 2013, announced he would resign his chairman position to focus on other demands. …

The Boise-based Albertsons chain plans to close 26 stores around the country by next month. At least three more stores, including one in Idaho, will change ownership because of previous agreements. …