Focus on Fresh

Meat of the matter

For all the buzz about plant-based substitutes, consumers are eating more prepackaged fresh meats, which poses opportunity for private brands

How to 'soup' up the fresh department

Whether a comfort food or vehicle for creative experimentation, fresh-prepared soup can captivate customers and differentiate grocery retailers from the competition

ShopRite introduces NAE fried chicken

New offering follows last year’s launch of NAE rotisserie chicken products

How to keep cheese category fresh

Retailers can help keep sales vibrant by offering selections that meet consumers' interest in unique and healthy alternatives

Aldi Never Any! Meat line receives Good Housekeeping Seal

Store brand is free from added antibiotics, hormones and steroids

Safeway partners with Dole on private brand fruits and vegetables

Line to include ready-to-eat salads, snacks, fresh-cut platters and value-added vegetables

Why the Fresh Market is going back to its roots

Upscale retailer’s only new location in 2018 features European-style specialty products to better compete

Kroger expanding customizable seafood meals in Richmond, Va., area

Easy for You! Pilot program will be rolled out to additional stores in the market

Revamping cottage cheese could help it nab some of yogurt’s thunder

Tepid sales of cottage cheese may ignite as yogurt market slows

Aldi expands new products by 20 percent

Retailer adds 40 percent more fresh product and continues aggressive growth

Dealing with the transporting challenges of fresh

Retailers are finding the fresh section a fine opportunity for store brand growth. That’s all good, but it poses severe challenges when it comes to the transportation and logistics of fresh products.

FDA could restrict 'milk' label to dairy products from animals

Animal-derived dairy producers may win big if plant-based beverages are nixed from using the word ‘milk’ on product labels