Progressive Grocer - April 2009 - (Page 80)

Fresh Food GREEN ISSUE THE 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. Co-sponsored by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the recent educational event, which attracted roughly 700 members of the retail food and meat industries, focused heavily on meat and poultry marketing developments, merchandising issues and consumer purchasing trends. As one of Certified Angus Beef’s (CAB) top-performing retailers, Giant Eagle’s Ed Steinmetz (second from right) convened during the Product Tasting Reception with key members of Wooster, Ohio-based CAB’s team, including (from left) Mark Polzer, Al Kober and Kyle Miller. Gold’n Plump Poultry’s Mike Helgeson (center) and Chris Druce (right) were “Just Bare-ing” it all with the National Chicken Council’s Bill Roenigk during the tasting event. Keith Welty (far right) and his National Beef colleagues, including (from left) Bob Bean, Scott Murphy, Erick Seigfried and Bill Gandy, discussed the company’s premium, natural Vintage Beef brand with a duo from Unified Grocers: Scott Worrell (third from right) and Steve Edwards (second from right). A duo from Cargill Meat Solutions — John Niemann (left) and Todd Fawver (center) — chatted during the event with Jerry Kelly of Cryovac/Sealed Air Corp. Tyson’s John Conklin was in good company with Mike Miller (left) and Cathy East (right) of Safeway’s local Centennial, Colo., division. Tom Clark (left) and Brian Morrison (right) of Aspen, Colo.-based Clark’s Markets caught up during the conference with Progressive Grocer Senior Editor/Fresh Food Meg Major and Tom Buddig of Carl Buddig & Co. 80 • 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

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Progressive Grocer - April 2009

Progressive Grocer - April 2009
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