Nestlé Recruits Consumers for Package Design

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Consumers with the winning design will see it on store shelves by year's end.

Feb 13, 2009

Candy maker Nestlé Confections and Snacks is using social media in lieu of a design firm, as part of a promotion in which it asked consumers to pick the latest packaging for its Goobers, Sno-Caps and Oh Henry! brands.

Participants who visit Adeliciousdilemma.com through March 6 to vote for their favorite design are entered to win one of five $100 candy prize packs. The brand package redesign that receives the most votes will be on shelves by year's end.

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Meyer Natural Realigns to Better ‘Meat’ Retailers’ Natural Needs

March 10, 2010

Meyer Natural Foods, parent company of Laura’s Lean Beef and Meyer Natural Angus, used this week’s Annual Meat Conference in Orlando, Fla., as the launchpad to debut its new go-to-market strategy as the one-stop solution for naturally raised beef. More >>

Food Lion Names Store Manager of the Year

Schwarzenegger Signs Calif. Beverage-recycling Relief Bill

Ingles Approves 1 Million-Share Repurchase Program

Supervalu Divests Store Fixtures Unit

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category features

‘Power of Meat’ Finds Consumers Clinging to Deals, Stock-Ups While Shopping Meat Department

Although meat department tonnage was up significantly in 2009, profits are lagging as shoppers opt for less expensive value-oriented cuts, according to results revealed in the fifth edition of the joint “Power of Meat” study.

New Giant Store Showcases Hill PHOENIX Refrigeration Systems

A major part of the 97,000-square-foot Harrisburg, Pa., Giant Super Food Store’s energy savings and reduced carbon footprint comes from the cutting-edge refrigeration systems from Conyers, Ga.-based Hill PHOENIX.

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products

Tyson’s Cooking in the Deli

Tyson Foods has whipped up a line of complete meal entrées for supermarket deli departments across the United States.

Hip to the Dip

French’s Mustard invites Americans of all ages to dip to their heart with the iconic brand’s new Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce.

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Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review

Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.

PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains

Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.

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