News & Archives // 2011
09Jan2011
High Times with the Hi Beams
Lots of us dream of being rock stars and may even play a mean air guitar. But Matt Olerio, CEO of Roba Dolce, the Cranston, R.I.-based marketer of Italian sorbet ...
09Jan2011
Pallets Progress
As never before, innovation is a key driver for pallet manufacturers seeking a competitive edge. For starters, consider Orlandobased iGPS (www.igps.net). Last October it opened an 8,000-square-foot state-of-the-art innovation center ...
09Jan2011
Hispanic is Healthy
Sales of Hispanic foods and beverages in the U.S. will expand from about $7 billion today to $10 billion by 2014, according to a recent report from Rockville, Md.-based Packaged ...
09Jan2011
Soup’s On! (And Up!)
Fresh soup jumped 12.4% to $36.7 million in the 12 weeks ended Dec. 26, according to SymphonyIRI Group, the Chicago-based market research firm. And frozen soups skyrocketed 24.3% to $7.7 ...
09Jan2011
Dinners Hungry For More $$$
Losses by the top two brands in the single-serve dinner/entree sub-category pulled total category sales down by 1.1% in supermarkets. The data, for the 12 weeks ended Dec. 26, is ...
09Jan2011
What IS ‘Natural’, Anyway?
At long last, a definition for “natural” products may be coming. No, not from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but from the Natural Products Association (www.NPAinfo.org) in Washington. The association already ...
09Jan2011
Healthy’ Sales Off? Sez Who?
Despite claims that growth had leveled off during the recession, figures from SPINS indicate that sales of natural and organic foods never stopped expanding. Even in 2009, when consumer spending reached ...
09Jan2011
WHAT’S NEXT FOR WALMART?
What do the days ahead look like for Walmart? Many of the 2010 programs such as Project Impact and SKU reductions have not gone as planned, and sales were lost ...
09Jan2011
No Longer Invincible
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of Walmart’s death and/or resurrection have been greatly exaggerated. Those predicting the slow demise of the mega-retailer point to its ill-fated efforts to be ...
09Jan2011
Patience & Fortitude
My old pal Al Rosenfeld, the late founder of Frozen Food Age, was fond of saying “patience and fortitude” to me whenever I was in panic mode, which in my ...
