November / December 2014

Turkey Hill Markets are a way for Kroger to experiment with a store size that falls between supermarkets and c-stores.

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the most sweeping change to food safety laws in more than 70 years. FSMA fundamentally changes the way food is regulated in the U.S. and abroad and impacts the entire supply chain from farm-to-fork.

Ah, love. When you have it, life can be blissful. But when you don't, it can be heartbreak. And when you're looking for it, it's all a game.

Throughout most of its history, Walmart has striven to be two things: the place with everything, and the place where everything is cheapest. The second imperative is still very much in place.

Communications and consumer affairs professionals in food retail never know when they might be dealing with a crisis, and regardless of the type of crisis a company faces, one thing is true: Simulating a crisis can better help you prepare for one.

The frozen yogurt kiosks cropping up in convenience stores during the past year are proof of the power of collaboration in innovation. The kiosks were the brainchild of a frozen yogurt machine manufacturer, Argosy Group International, which tweaked its earlier froyo model after it learned a sin

Visitors to the website of CVS Health are greeted with icons near the bottom of the page. One says "We're Tobacco Free" and another says "Let's Quit Together." The first refers to CVS' decision, announced in February, to stop selling tobacco products.

As founding members of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance – Food Marketing Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association and the National Restaurant Association – launched a series of infographics that capture key findings of a new report, the "2014 Analysis of U.S.

Have you ever looked at your business as an aquarium teeming with life? It's an analogy that Larry Johnson, president of Johnson Training Group in Phoenix, Ariz., uses when asked to explain corporate culture. "Corporate culture is the entire environment in which an organization operates," sa

Walmart plans to institute 17 Care Clinics by the end of the fiscal year.

Retailers understand the importance of aligning values and building consumer trust as an integral part of demonstrating competence and deepening customer loyalty.

In 1982, Johnson & Johnson experienced what can only be described as an absolute nightmare scenario: Seven people in Chicago died after ingesting cyanide-laced Tylenol.