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According to “Moms as Food Shoppers: Grocery Store and Supercenter Patterns and Trends,” a recently released report from market research firm Packaged Facts, the modern American mom is at the center of the new home-based food culture and at the front lines of the movement toward healthy eating.

What does this mean to the company marketing to these moms? It means you may need to update your packaging and cater to their needs. While your product may be for children or men, moms are the ones who contribute to spending nearly $200 billion on food each year.

In a report from Packaged Facts, 13.3 million moms (41 percent) consider their kitchen to be the most important room in their home, while 19.7 million (61 percent) say they enjoy cooking.

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Stevens & Tate

You can’t squeeze a ripened tomato with an iPhone.

Even with online and mobile shopping at our fingertips and players like FreshDirect thriving, consumers seeking the freshest and healthiest produce are heating up business at brick-and-mortar stores. Major discount retailers like Walmart and Target are getting in the game, joining supermarket chains in beefing up fresh food offerings and getting more creative about in-store marketing.

“Today’s shoppers crave more sensory, exciting in-store retail experiences to offset all the advanced shopping technology we enjoy,” says Anne Howe, former vp, market intelligence at shopper

Thanks to the organic movement and vocal champions of better eating like Michelle Obama, the fresh food business is experiencing a bounty. More than 7,100 farmers’ markets operated in the U.S. last year, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a 20 percent rise versus 2010. Retail sales of fresh produce sprang up 4.3 percent last year, with the average price per item up 5.5 percent year over year, per Nielsen. What’s more, online searches for “fresh fruit” are up some 20 percent this year versus last, according to Google Search Insights.

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kraftKraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld signaled today that the food giant will continue to aggressively market its North American grocery brands, even after the business is severed from its faster-growing global snacks unit in a split planned for the end of next year.

“If you believe that there is a new normal of slower consumption growth in North America — and we do — certain capabilities will be even more important in the future,” Ms. Rosenfeld told analysts at Barclays Capital’s Back-to-School Consumer Conference. “Things like stronger share position, world-class marketing, go-to-market scale and low-cost producer status will become even more critical in the future.”

While nothing will be known for sure until the company divides, Ms. Rosenfeld’s comments offer at least some comfort to ad agencies working on the grocery business that the food giant is not giving up on the brands, which have been overshadowed by the faster-growing snacks unit ever since the company made its plan public last month. Dentsu’s McGarryBowen handles a big chunk of the grocery brands, including Maxwell House and Oscar Mayer, while a plethora of agencies steer the global snacks brands. Read the rest of this entry »

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According to the Pioneer Press, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, plans to test its first fresh grocery delivery service in California, looking online for new sources of revenue growth, said a person familiar with the project.

The Web service, internally dubbed “Project Titan,” hasn’t yet been approved and may not happen, said the person, who declined to be identified because plans aren’t final. If it goes forward, Wal-Mart stores in the San Jose area would fill deliveries for shoppers living nearby, the person said. Read the rest of this entry »

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According to Supermarket News, the Hy-Vee store in Fairfield Iowa is planning to open it’s second LEED store.

West Des Moines, Iowa-base Hy-Vee opened its first LEED store in 2009 in Madison, Wis. — a store that qualified as a LEED Gold project. To qualify for LEED certification, buildings must meet certain criteria in terms of energy savings and use of sustainable building materials.

The new, 64,000-square-foot store in Fairfield is twice the size of the store it is replacing, according to reports, and will include store-made sushi, a new offering for Hy-Vee. The store will consolidate the pharmacies of the existing store and a Hy-Vee Drug Store in Fairfield, the company said.

Fairfield, with a population of about 9,500, has worked to become a “sustainable community” by encouraging green development and practices among businesses and residents.

Learn more at: http://supermarketnews.com

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Mark Beebe

I have a secret to share.

It’s a new line of fruit spreads that is not very popular yet, but I can tell you why they are going to be in your pantry soon. They use the mantra that Snapple used more than a decade back. Snapple was the group that stated “all natural” and a healthier choice. In October 2003, Snapple began its sponsorship of the New York City School system as part of the deal to make Snapple New York’s official beverage. You might remember that was the time Howard Stern was broadcasting from New York and really pushed sales for the brand. The company promised an $8 million dollar per year so Snapple was able to acquire the contract in part because New York City officials did not want to encourage the consumption of sodas, which have been linked to childhood obesity, diabetes and are generally considered unhealthy. The Snapple juice drinks, specifically created to meet rules banning soda and other sugary snacks from city schools, are marketed under the “Snapple 100% Juiced!” label. However, they still contain more sugar (41 grams) than a 12-ounce container of Coca Cola (39 grams) The deal also gave Snapple exclusive rights to sell its tea and juice-based drinks in vending machines on all New York City properties starting in January 2004. Snapple paid the City $106 million for the rights and agreed to spend $60 million more to marketing and promotion over the length of the five-year contract.

So why is this important to a new company called Crofter’s? It’s a fact that Americans (not just New Yorkers) bought Snapple by the gallons because it was perceived as a better alternative. Obviously it was not. So along comes a new company that gears their products towards the healthy but goes so much deeper. The new Superfruit spreads come in four flavors from the four corners of the earth. They boost the products are certified organic, that they stuff one pound of premium organic fruit in each jar, the company only uses fair trade sugar and contains one-third less sugar than jam.

Crofter’s Superfruit Spreads contain some well-known antioxidant-rich fruits such as pomegranate, morello cherries and blueberries, which have been linked to a lower risk of age-related diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. But you may not be familiar with their other powerful ingredients. For example, in the Asia Superfruit Spread, they use juice from the yumberry (also called yang-mei), a chewy, juicy fruit from China that may help treat digestive problems and control blood sugar. Maqui, a deep purple berry used in the South America Superfruit Spread, has the highest antioxidant level of any known fruit—by some estimates double or even triple the antioxidant value of açaí. Studies show it may have positive effects on cardiovascular health, stabilizing blood sugar and fighting inflammation.

Also its Green Cane Project videos share how this company is saving the planet and caring about your health. No fat, No sodium and No cholesterol and only 7 grams of sugar. How can this product possible taste good? This is where Crofter’s excels from Snapple. The taste is out-of-this-world. I can go on about the taste but the best way to experience this product is to try one of the four flavors.

This angle Crofter’s has molded into a business is the future of many existing companies and new companies on the rise. What if breakfast cereal had this same initiative to bring NO fat, LOW sugar at an unbelievable taste to your breakfast table? The possibilities are endless and consumers are NOW taking notice. Is it time to launch a new item in your product line? One that gives a benefit to the buyer, the planet and of course YOU the company. Saving the planet is big bucks and more consumers are interested than you would think. Just look at how many people “like” Eco-Foil, which is a 100% recycled foil pan on Facebook.

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Nicole Wagner

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