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Current Contents
For a quick update on what happened in the
supermarket industry last month, we post the Table of Contents from our most
recent issue. Since we summarize what happens in each calendar month, we
publish at the end of the month.
Table of Contents: December 2009
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Fighting E. coli With Vaccine
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Royal Ahold Buys Ukrop's
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Healthcare: Personal Responsibility
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Looking Ahead: Fingers Crossed, Predicting an Upturn, New Hope for RFID,
Food Trends, C-stores & Cupholders
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Meat Debate in UK: Better to Eat Less? Man-Made Meat?
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Children’s Ad Promises Unkept
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Behavior: Gas Prices, Cutting Back, Generational Eating
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Retailers Flex Muscles: Pricing Power, Co-op Ads
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New Categories: Phone & Broadband, Pet Insurance
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New Strategies For Leaders: Target, Tesco, Food Lion
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World Watch: Auchan, Waitrose, Carrefour
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Making Comparison Pricing Easier
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Web Coupons Get Popular
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Black Hole Award
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Shopper Opinions: Food Shopping & Customer Service

Reading List: December 2009
For more information on the hot topics above, we suggest
reviewing the original sources from we compiled the material. They are
listed below:
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The
New York Times,
December 4, 2009. After Delays, Vaccine to Counter Bad Beef Is Being
Tested, by William Neuman, p. A1.
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The
Wall Street Journal,
December 18, 2009. Ahold Buying 25 Stores From US Peer Ukrop's, by
Maarten van Tartwijk.
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WashingtonPost.com,
December 17, 2009. Giant owner Royal Ahold acquiring Richmond-based
Ukrop's grocery chain, by Ylan Mui.
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The
New York Times,
November 29, 2009. Health Care Savings Could Start in the Cafeteria, by
Melanie Warner, p. BU1.
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AdAge.com,
December 7, 2009. Package-Good Players Plan New-Product Surge for 2010,
by Jack Neff.
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CIO.com,
December 1, 2009. RFID: A New Hope in a New Decade, by Thomas Wailgum.
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MarketingDaily.com,
December 11, 2009. Back-To-Basics Leads 2010 Food Trends, by Karlene
Lukovitz.
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Facts, Figures & The Future,
Dec 14, 2009. Convenience-store food: faster, fresher, more value.
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TimesOnline.co.uk,
November 26, 2009. People urged to eat less meat and dairy products to
save the planet, by David Rose, Valerie Elliott.
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Telegraph.uk.co,
November 29, 2009. Scientists ‘grow’ meat in laboratory, by Nick
Britten.
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LATimes.com,
December 15, 2009. Companies fall short in advertising healthy foods to
children, by Mary MacVean.
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DailyFinance.com,
December 3, 2009. Shoppers cut back on gas and food but stick to brand
names, by Mercedes Cardona.
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Progressive Grocer,
December 3, 2009. Generational Differences, Aging Dynamics to Influence
Future of Eating: Study.
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ProgressiveGrocer.com,
December 6, 2009. Survey: 46 percent of Consumers Trimmed Grocery
Spending in 2009, by Stacy Straczynski.
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AdAge.com,
November 30, 2009. From CVS to Costco, Retailers Put the Screws to
Brands, by Jack Neff.
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AdAge.com,
November 30, 2009. Walmart Ups the Ante with Brand Co-op Ads —
In More Ways Than One, by Jack Neff.
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Telegrapgh.uk.co,
November 19, 2009. Tesco plans assault on broadband market, by Nick
Collins.
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Cincinnati Enquirer,
December 2, 2009. Kroger debuts pet insurance, by Laura Baverman.
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Business Week,
December 7, 2009. Look Who’s Stalking Wal-Mart, by Michelle Conlin, p.
30-3.
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SN
Daily News,
December 4, 2009. Pricing, Discount Expansion in ‘New Game Plan’ for
Delhaize, by Jon Springer.
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TimesOnline.co.uk, December 1, 2009. Tesco decides
every little helps and plays its Clubcard in the fight for Christmas
customers, by Ian King & Marcus Leroux.
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FT.com,
December 7 2009. Tesco plans US loyalty scheme, by Jonathan Birchall.
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Business Week,
December 21, 2009. A French Wal-Mart’s Global Blitz, by Carol Matlack,
p. 64-5.
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ReutersUK,
November 23, 2009. Waitrose to trial selling in Shell service stations,
by Mark Potter.
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Retail-week.com,
December 4, 2009. Ocado mulls partnership with Carrefour, by Jennifer
Creevy.
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PRWeb.com,
December 16, 2009. Pricible.com Announces the Launch of the First
Grocery Price Comparison Website in the U.S.
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USA
TODAY, December
2, 2009. More shoppers search for coupons online, by Jon Swartz.
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The
New York Times,
December 7, 2009. So Much Air in Packages, So Many Explanations, by
Andrew Newman, p. B7.
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ConsumerReports.org, December 4, 2009.
Air to spare.
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MorningNewsBeat.com,
December 8, 2009. Study Suggests Improved Attitudes Toward Supermarket
Shopping.
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Brandweek.com,
December 7, 2009. Report: Retail Customer Service Stinks, by Alex
Palmer.
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