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: April 2008

  • Toward Safer Food: Underfunded FDA, Third-Party Inspections, Hawaii Tracking Pilot

  • Status Report: Unions

  • New Product Update

  • Pricing Pinch: Big Picture, Global Challenge, Staples’ Prices Lead, Recession and Inflation Hit Shoppers3

  • Shopper Marketing: Effectiveness & Implementation

  • Fast, Convenient and Close By

  • Changing Shopping Habits: 70-Year-Olds & Casual Dining

  • Gen Y Does Not Respond to FSIs

  • Store Branding: Consumer Perceptions Improving, Supervalu Organics, 7-Eleven Tests Upscale Items

  • Wal-Mart Ads Ruled Misleading

  • Coupons: Influence of Economy and Technology, Consumer Preferences, Long-Term Effects

  • Thumbs Down: Store Credit Cards

  • Celebrating Earth Day: Retailer Activity, Legislators, Not

  • Target Under the Microscope: Crime Lab & Diverting

  • Tesco: Fresh & Easy, Mobile Messaging, Green Labels

  • Instore Television: Dollar General

Reading List: April 2008

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, April 16, 2008. Panel’s Bipartisan View: F.D.A. Is Underfinanced, by Gardiner Harris, p. A15.

  • ThePacker.com, April 3, 2008. FDA seeks input on third-party certification firms, by Tom Karst.

  • Yahoo! News, April 15, 2008. Hawaii working to link its food chain, by Jaymes Song.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2008. Unions Find the Economy Is Tough on Bargaining, by Kris Maher, p. B4.

  • Facts, Figures & The Future, April 14, 2008. New Products May Be Plentiful, But Success Remains Fleeting.

  • The Economist, April 12, 2008. Tightening belts, p. 71-2.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008. Carrefour Grapples With Biggest Test In a ‘Generation’, by Mimosa Spencer & Christopher Bjork, p. B4.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008. Grocers Tout ‘Sales’ Even as Prices Climb, by Julie Jargon, Ann Zimmerman & David Kesmodel, p. B1.

  • Forbes.com, April 9, 2008. What Grocers Teach Us About The U.S. Economy, by Melanie Lindner.

  • Advertising Age, April 14, 2008. Unilever Finds That Coupons, Signs Beat In-Store Tech, by Jack Neff, p. 1.

  • Advertising Age, March 31, 2008. Avoid the Shopper-Marketing Pitfalls, by Rob Holston, p. 20-1.

  • MorningNewsBeat.com, March 27, 2008. As Baby Boomers Reach 70, New Patterns Emerge.

  • PGDaily News, March 28, 2008. Casual Dining Hurt by Rise in Retail Prepared Meals, Overstoring: Study.

  • Facts, Figures & The Future, April 14, 2008. E-Commerce Nets New Depth Of Market Penetration.

  • Advertising Age, March 31, 2008. To Reach Shoppers, Move Beyond Print Circulars, by Torrence Boone, p. 21.

  • Daytona Beach News-Journal, April 4, 2008. Economic crunch makes store brands more appealing, by Valerie Whitney.

  • Profiles of Store Brand/Private Label Buyers, by Mona Doyle.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2008. Supervalu to Launch New Organic Line, by David Kesmodel, p. B2.

  • SN, April 14, 2008. Supervalu Launches Organic Private Label, by Mark Hamstra, p. 1, 42.

  • Newport News/dailypress.com, March 25, 2008. 7-Eleven stores go upscale and test gourmet food, drinks, by Joyce Farley.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008. Wal-Mart Is Ordered to Revise Its Advertising, p. B5.

  • The New York Times, March 31, 2008. Wal-Mart Savings Ads Assailed, by Michael Barbaro.

  • PG Daily News, April 3, 2008. Tough Times Mean Higher Use of Coupons: Survey.

  • PROMO, April 1, 2008. Flagging Economy Could Boost Coupon Use: Survey.

  • DMNews.com, April 7, 2008. Can coupons drive long-term business?

  • Smart Money, April 7, 2008. Grocery Rewards Cards Often Aren’t Worth It, by Kelli Grant.

  • Advertising Age, April 14, 2008. Is Earth Day the New Christmas? By Natalie Zmuda, p. 1.

  • MorningNewsBeat.com, April 11, 2008. Fresh & Easy Gives Away ‘Bags For Life’.

  • FresnoBee.com, April 13, 2008. Calif. bills could lead to recycling fees on plastic bags, by Steve Lawrence.

  • The New York Times, April 5, 2008. For Seattle Shoppers, Paper or Plastic Could Come with a ‘Green Fee’, by William Yardley, p. A10.

  • Advertising Age, April 21, 2008. To Direct Mailers, Green Means One Thing: Cash, by Michael Bush, p. 1.

  • Forbes, April 21, 2008. CSI: Target, by Mary Ellen Egan, p. 102-4.

  • WWD.com, April 4, 2008. Brands’ Dilemma: Target Elbows Way Into Upscale Beauty World, by Molly Prior & Faye Brookman.

  • Forbes.com, April 21, 2008. RFID's Elusive Market, by Krystin Stafford.

  • Forbes.com, March 30, 2008. Tesco takes three-month breather on US expansion plans.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008. Tesco Halts US Expansion for Three Months, p. B5.

  • MorningNewsBeat.com, April 1, 2008. Is Tesco Shifting Gears…Or Grinding Them?

  • SN, April7, 2008 Tesco Hits ‘Pause’ to Tune Up U.S. Stores, by Elliot Zwiebach, p. 1, 32.

  • BusinessWeek.com, April 10, 2008. Tesco Finds Customers Want Mobile Ads, by Natasha Lomas.

  • The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2008. Tesco Defies the Retailing Slump, by Aaron Patrick, p. B9.

  • The Guardian (UK), April 16 2008, Tesco labels will show products' carbon footprints, by Julia Finch, p. 6.

  • RetailWire.com, April 4, 2008. Dollar General Launches In-Store TV Network, by George Anderson.

  • InstoreMarketer.org, Dollar General Builds an In-Store Network, by Jean Luo.

 
 
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