Progressive Grocer

The rise in levels of health consciousness among consumers in recent times has led to the evolution of many alternative therapies – not just to cure the body, but also the soul! The secret to a healthy life, though,...

Chances are, when consumers reach for a cookie or cracker, that item will contain whole grains. These days, the healthfulness of such products is touted in health studies and the media, as well as on items’ nutritional panels and...

Max is the new buzzword at PepsiCo. The beverages major has launched a cola drink that offers more fizz and punch, but no sugar. Though PepsiCo already has a cola drink in the low-calorie segment, Diet Pepsi, with the...

As a nation, Americans are literally bursting at the seams. Obesity is a national health threat and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an increasing challenge to public health in the last decade. The Atlanta-based...

For long, home-made masalas, including curries and pastes, have remained an indispensable item in most Indian kitchens. Though their position has more or less remained unchallenged, they have now begun to get some severe competition from ready-to-cook (RTC) curries,...

Connecting with shoppers at the shelf is crucial for food packaging concepts, and innovations in fresh food packaging are no exception. "More and more, purchase decisions are being made inside the store and directly at the retail shelf,” says...

Today, worries about the economy are prompting many American shoppers to tighten their belts, while concerns about diet and health, as well as steadily expanding waistlines, are forcing many to let that belt out a notch or two, or...

For years, supermarket lighting was the domain of what Jeff Brooks, director of business development at Largo, Fla.-based ElectraLED Inc., calls “energy hogs” – like the 70-watt CMH track light fixtures used to highlight high-impact areas in supermarkets like...

Having just arrived in the north woods of Wisconsin for my 24th annual get-together with college friends, I noticed that the baggage wizards at Delta had somehow managed to mangle my cell phone charger beyond recognition. This wasn’t a...

Those of you who walked the FMI expo floor in Las Vegas this past May likely came across one of the many suppliers that presented their offerings using an iPad. I myself viewed at least a half-dozen presentations on...

Green, or natural, cleaners have always sounded like a good idea, but in the past, American consumers were skeptical of product performance and daunted by high prices compared with traditional cleaners. Today, the playing field is growing greener with...

The personal care category is uniquely intimate, and consumer motivations for product adoption primarily involve personal health-and-wellness needs, with external, “greater good” sustainability considerations being Secondary. As is the case in the food and beverage categories, assessment...

The traditionally perceived role of packaging as being a medium to withstand storage and distribution challenges has come a long way globally in the last three decades. In case of food and beverages, packaging plays a very important...

They sell a lot of beer at the Central Market in Shoreline, Wash., an independently operated 80,000-squarefoot supermarket that carries 450 items in 48 feet of beer cooler space and a big promo island. But only...