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Table of Contents APRIL 2009 • VOLUME 88 • NUMBER 3 32 71 80 96 “We get to save energy for the benefit of the environment, and we get to save money for the benefit of our customers.” — Joe Fasula,VP, Gerrity’s Supermarkets • Page 36 Cover Story 32 Sustainability Best Practices: It’s Not Easy Being Green Incorporating green practices into your operation can also add green to your bottom line … here’s how. 98 Technology: Priced to Sell Retailers view price optimization as a key to surviving the recession, and vendors are factoring the economy into their solutions. Fresh Food 80 Meat Conference: Annual Meat Conference Rustles up Retailers, Vendors to Denver A perennial highlight of the Annual Meat Conference is the Product Tasting Reception, which featured some 40 exhibitors offering a feast of great tastes while showcasing a slew of new meat and poultry products. Nonfoods 96 Reusable Bags: Paper, Plastic or Yours? Reusable bags can build loyalty and sales — while helping the planet. 100 Equipment: A Flash of Green Oshkosh, Wis.-based Festival Foods’ COO has sustainability in his blood, as is demonstrated by the grocer’s 13th store. Departments 10 Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/ Spotlight: Salty Snacks/ Variety Snack Packs Market Snapshot: Cleveland, Ohio Independents Report: How Jax Markets’ MacAloney Triumphed Over Adversity Lempert Report: Consumers in Command What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products 36 Give Green, Get Green Not only did Gerrity’s Supermarkets’ new lighting system pay for itself, it also helped add a little to the bottom line. 12 16 82 Produce: Organic Opportunities At a time when shoppers are rethinking their food budgets, the value proposition of organic produce is coming under closer scrutiny but is holding its own, thanks in part to private label penetration. Features 20 Nielsen Report: Keeping up With the Economy: Insights and Opportunities in Uncertain Times The Nielsen Company has identified several new trends representing real opportunities for grocery retailers and CPG companies to succeed in today’s economy. 18 106 Special Section 39 Store of the Month: The Collection Savor Progressive Grocer’s most memorable store profiles over the past year. 91 Meat: Premium Possibilities While most consumers are struggling to stretch their hard-earned food dollars, the conscientious meat-eating movement remains alive and well. 82 26 Store of the Month: Close to Home The Weaver Street co-op succeeds by making the needs of its owners — the surrounding community — paramount. Grocery 71 Household Cleaners: Green Clean Is Growing Natural cleaners are growing in popularity for their safety, environmental friendliness and, in some cases, price. 4 • Progressive Grocer • April 2009 A H E A D O F W H AT ’ S N E X T www.progressivegrocer.com http://www.progressivegrocer.com

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Contents
Nielsen's Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Salty Snacks/Variety Snack Packs
Market Snapshot: Cleveland, Ohio
Independents Report: How Jax Markets' MacAloney Triumphed Over Adversity
Lempert Report: Consumers in Command
Nielsen Report: Keeping Up With the Economy: Insights and Opportunities in Uncertain Times
Store of the Month: Close to Home
Sustainability Best Practices: It's Not Easy Being Green
Give Green, Get Green
Store of the Month: The Collection
Household Cleaners: Green Clean Is Growing
Meat Conference: Annual Meat Conference Rustles Up Retailers, Vendors to Denver
Produce: Organic Opportunities
Meat: Premium Possibilities
Reusable Bags: Paper, Plastic or Yours?
Technology: Priced to Sell
Equipment: A Flash of Green
What's Next: Editors' Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - April 2009