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Table of Contents MARCH 2009 • VOLUME 88 • NUMBER 2 52 56 70 88 “Our biggest task is to break shopping patterns.” — Trip Straub, owner/VP, Straub’s Market • Page 50 Cover Story 52 FutureView Introduction: Great Expectations Imagine a future when store designers and architects across all retail channels look first at grocery to discover what’s new, hot and innovative in retail concepts. 42 Store of the Month: Straub’s Newest Family Member St. Louis-based Straub’s Market expands, opening its largestformat grocery store in the family’s 108-year business history. 64 Organic/Natural Cereal: The New Face of Breakfast Sales While many grocery categories are either flat or in decline, one — natural and organic cereal — has shown itself to be recession-proof … for now. Nonfoods 88 Pharmacy: A Destination for Health The pharmacy is becoming an increasingly strong focus in turning the store into a health-and-wellness mecca, as retailers discussed at Progressive Grocer’s latest roundtable. 94 Technology FutureView: Retail 3.0 The next wave of retail puts the power in thehands of the shopper. Green Hills CEO and customer data expert Gary Hawkins tells how to prepare for it. Fresh Food 70 FutureView: HomeCooked Homecoming Schnucks is setting the pace and strengthening its local culinary cred with a model meal-planning strategy. Special Supplement 31 Frozen & Refrigerated Trends: Staying Cool Progressive Grocer takes an in-depth look at the frozen food and refrigerated dairy segments — and reveals how food retailers can turn a profit, even in shaky economic times. 82 98 Equipment FutureView: Sustainable Differentiation The need to stand out from competitors — and to keep an eye toward earth-friendliness — will drive tomorrow’s equipment and design. 76 2009 Meat Operations Review: Solid Ground Features 22 Wake-Up Call: Back to the Future To visualize the stores yet to come, we need to appreciate those of the past. Grocery 56 FutureView: Magnetic Core The center store of the near future is likely to gain new importance by redefining the shopper experience. PG’s annual “state of the meat department” study 62 tracks a 5.3 percent net growth rate in overall department sales despite a CPI skyrocketing to all-time highs. Departments 10 Front End: Ahold Banners 12 14 18 20 106 Launch ‘Major Consumer Wellness Initiative’ Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/ Spotlight: Frozen Foods/ One-Food Oriental Entrees Market Snapshot: MiamiFt. Lauderdale, Fla. Independents Report: The New Agenda at FMI — And in Washington Lempert Report: What Shoppers Will Demand in 2009 What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products www.progressivegrocer.com 82 24 Progressive Views: Looking Forward A report from the Global Commerce Initiative lays out how retailers and CPG companies can evolve to satisfy the shoppers of the next decade. 2009 Seafood Operations Review: Rough Seas Aggressive retailers that prioritize seafood reel in healthy turns, but shrink, sourcing and competition continue as foremost challenges. 62 Honey: Sweet Sensation Wary of sugar and in search of upscale flavor options, more consumers are pouring on the honey, encouraged by greater product visibility. 4 • Progressive Grocer • March 2009 A H E A D O F W H AT ’ S N E X T http://www.progressivegrocer.com

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Progressive Grocer - March 2009
Contents
Front End: Ahold Banners Launch 'Major Consumer Wellness Initiative'
Nielsen's Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Frozen Foods/One-Food Oriental Entrees
Market Snapshot: Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Independents Report: The New Agenda at FMI - And in Washington
Lempert Report: What Shoppers Will Demand in 2009
Wake-Up Call: Back to the Future
Progressive Views: Looking Forward
Frozen & Refrigerated Trends: Staying Cool
Store of the Month: Straub's Newest Family Member
FutureView Introduction: Great Expectations
Futureview: Magnetic Core
Honey: Sweet Sensation
Organic/Natural Cereal: The New Face of Breakfast Sales
FutureView: Home-Cooked Homecoming
2009 Meat Operations Review: Solid Ground
2009 Seafood Operations Review: Rough Seas
Pharmacy: A Destination for Health
Technology FutureView: Retail 3.0
Equipment FutureView: Sustainable Differentiation
What's Next: Editors' Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - March 2009