News & Archives // 2009
09Sep2009
How Kahiki Sailed Through The Perfect Storm
IT WAS MAY 2005. Kahiki Foods had just moved into a 119,000 squarefoot facility more than five times the size of its old plant. Business was strong. Then, along came the ...
09Sep2009
Snacking on Appetizers
NEW PRODUCTS SPARKED supermarket sales of appetizers and snack rolls, which grew by 7.4% to $193.3 million in the 12 weeks ended July 12, according to Information Resources, Inc., the ...
09Sep2009
Decoding Desserts
WITH STRONG COMPETITION for what could be called “share of sweet tooth,” supermarket sales of frozen desserts and toppings registered a 1.8% gain to $139.7 million in the 12 weeks ...
09Sep2009
What IS Organic Anyway
IF IT’S ORGANIC, it costs more. That was the highest level of consensus reached among the 779 shoppers who responded to a survey done for us by Phil Lempert, food ...
09Sep2009
Pizza Rises to the Occasion
SPURRED BY DOUBLE-DIGIT gains from both leading brands and private label, supermarket sales of frozen pizza climbed 6.3% to $665.8 million in the 12 weeks ended July 12, according to ...
09Sep2009
Harris Teeter, Up Close
Harris Teeter earns high marks from both consumers and vendors, and with good reason. Stores we toured last month, focusing most of our attention on frozen and refrigerated departments, were ...
09Sep2009
What You Need To Know About Packaging and Brands
PACKAGING HAS MORE influence on consumer buying decisions than ever. Packaging adds value, keeps products fresh longer or makes them easier or harder to use, open, reclose, carry, store, pour, ...
09Sep2009
Gorilla Warfare
IS IT JUST me, or is SKU rationalization becoming irrational at some retailers? Okay, so a few folk discovered they were selling only one package of frozen mastodon meat per ...
