Source: Miami Herald
When a customer in Louisiana likened the new Winn-Dixie prototype store to a Whole Foods with cheaper prices, it was the best compliment Chief Executive Peter Lynch could have received.
It’s also a sign …

Source: MarketWatch
The U.S. Agriculture Department trimmed its food inflation forecast for 2010, projecting prices at grocery stores and restaurants will rise at the same rate.
The USDA lowered the consumer price index for all food to …

Source: The Packer
Supervalu Inc.’s shelf simplification plan suggests slimmer fruit and vegetable pickings for consumers and tougher dealing for produce vendors, analysts say.
The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based supermarket chain, aiming to curb costs and sell more …

Source: MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Supermarket chains, ground down by a year of price wars aimed at keeping hard-pressed customers, are starting 2010 wondering how much longer they can go without further harming their share …

Source: CNN Money
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Supermarket operators got another sign that deflation is easing in the U.S. with food prices posting their largest monthly increase in more than a year.
The U.S. Labor Department on Friday …

Source: The Wall Street Journal
By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN
Supervalu Inc. said it will be reducing the number of items it offers per store–in some cases by as much as 25%–in a move intended to more …