Progressive Grocer

The Kroger Co. is angling to drive more Valentine’s Day floral sales with a special floral-paint scheme of red roses on NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) driver Marcos Ambrose’s No. 47 Toyota Camry during the 52nd running of the Daytona 500.

In honor of February Heart Health Month, Supervalu is highlighting its health-and-wellness outreach efforts by showcasing the many ways its nationwide family of stores are guiding customers to make better nutrition decisions.

For years, retailers, manufacturers and marketers have been clamoring for a single benchmark that would facilitate comparisons of healthy eating patterns by key regions and time periods.

The nation’s top grocery store baggers are heading to Las Vegas next week to compete in the 2010 National Grocers Association’s (NGA) Best Bagger Championship, presented by ConAgra Foods.

Schnuck Markets and Monsanto Co. have teamed up to bring St. Louis consumers EverMild onions, a new U.S.- bred and -grown sweet onion variety.

In a down economy, women are more frugal than men. Research conducted by Toronto-based research firm Empathica, Inc. has revealed that 72 percent of U.S. women moderately to significantly cut their spending in 2009, compared with only 62 percent of men.

Associated Grocers of New England said this week it has reallocated responsibilities related to its merchandising and advertising departments, and promoted two executives.

To help observant Jewish shoppers get ready for the Passover and Purim holidays, the annual Kosher Fair will be held on Sunday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its longtime venue, the Pathmark store in Monsey, N.Y. The fair has been offered for over 15 years.

With a goal of raising $40,000 for the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln, Neb.-based, employee-owned B&R Stores will host the Lincoln Wine & Food Experience, which gives participants an opportunity to sample exquisite food and wines from around the world.

Once again, Whole Foods Market is paying tribute to one of Italy’s most revered cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano, all of this month via in-store events and an online customer recipe contest.

Three top officials at British candymaker Cadbury PLC are departing the company following its shareholders’ approval of Kraft Foods, Inc.’s $19.5 billion acquisition.

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) this week hosted the first-ever joint Supply Chain Conference under the banner of the GMA-FMI Trading Partner Alliance.

Independent retailer-owned wholesaler Associated Food Stores, Inc. and Premier Retail Networks, Inc...

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.’s new Covington, La., store, which bows today, is special for several reasons: Not only is the 55,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art supermarket the Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocer’s first newly constructed location since 2004.