Fighting E. coli With Vaccine
Royal Ahold Buys Ukrop's
Healthcare: Personal Responsibility
Looking Ahead: Fingers Crossed, Predicting an Upturn, New Hope for RFID, Food Trends, C-stores & Cupholders
Meat Debate in UK: Better to Eat Less? Man-Made Meat?
Children’s Ad Promises Unkept
Behavior: Gas Prices, Cutting Back, Generational Eating
Retailers Flex Muscles: Pricing Power, Co-op Ads
New Categories: Phone & Broadband, Pet Insurance
New Strategies For Leaders: Target, Tesco, Food Lion
World Watch: Auchan, Waitrose, Carrefour
Making Comparison Pricing Easier
Web Coupons Get Popular
Black Hole Award
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:

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