Year: 2016

dunnhumby, the world's leading customer science company, and Aptaris, an enterprise marketing and promotions management innovator, today announced a new strategic partnership agreement that enables retailers to increase the relevance of the offers to their customers, resulting in improved sales and margins while boosting the efficiency of their merchandising and marketing operations. …

SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN), the nation's fifth largest food distributor and leading distributor to U.S. military commissaries and exchanges in the world, announced today that it has signed a long term contract to be the primary wholesaler to Gordy’s Market, the largest locally owned and operated grocer in the Western Wisconsin area. …

Bringing affordable and nutritious food to those in need. The city is expanding its Virtual Supermarket Program, helping neighborhoods where getting healthy food is limited. …

Health to consumers now is more about the purity of the foods they eat versus the absence of negatives, such as fats, or even the presence of positives. The bigger picture is that consumers are seeking items which have had minimal processing, and are focused on avoiding “unnatural” elements, like artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, additives, and genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). They are also eating more fresh foods, foods that can be found on the perimeter of grocery stores. …