Progressive Grocer - August/September 2009 - (Page 4)

Table of Contents AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2009 • VOLUME 88 • NUMBER 6 14 54 80 92 “If you can’t eat it, you don’t need it!” — Todd Hale, SVP, consumer and shopper insights, The Nielsen Company • Page 14 Cover Story 14 CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains Progressive Grocer’s 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study paints a complete picture of category performance with the addition of the Inside the Market Basket report. written about Wegmans’ people-focused culture, the truth is that it’s just half the story. 58 Proteins: Meaty Alternatives With a little meat case rearranging, shoppers can be swayed to purchase alternative proteints generally associated with special occasions, and ethnic dishes for everyday meals. Nonfoods 90 Family Planning: Up Front With Family Planning The family planning category in food stores with $2 million and over in sales is holding its own in the recession. With more consumers comfortable in the category, sales are expected to continue to grow. 50 Independent Thinking: N.G.A. Annual Independent Grocers Survey: Cream of the Crop Independents rise to the challenge of competition, embracing innovation and technology. The N.G.A. Annual Independent Grocers Survey reveals that retailers continued their assault on managing costs and looked for opportunities to create consumer value and improve margins, with increased net profits of 36 basis points. Grocery 73 Beverage Alcohol: Keeping the Aisle Afloat The second installment in this two-part series outlines the most effective category management practices to drive alcohol beverage sales. 92 Features 34 Store of the Month: Kosher Country A single location in Brooklyn is reinventing the way to sell groceries to a key demographic and beyond, by creating what management calls “an amazing supermarket that happens to be kosher.” Vitamins and Supplements: Healthy Sales With a Capital ‘D’ Do hard times spell good times for vitamins and supplements? Category sales say “yes.” 98 80 Culinary Oils: Oil Can At a time when consumers are increasingly cooking and eating at home, edible oils — particularly ones that add flavor and nutrition to food — represent a great selling opportunity for manufacturers and retailers. Pharmacy: Dealing With Diabetes Star Supermarket & Pharmacy’s diabetes education program informs and empowers. 108 Equipment: Lasting Impressions: The Shopper’s Perspective The second installment of Progressive Grocer/Meridian Consulting research on the front end shifts focus to the customer’s point of view. 42 Executive Insights: A View From Tops Tops Markets CEO Frank Curci weighs in on the 76-store supermarket chain’s ongoing transformative journey to restore the brand’s reputation and offerings while rebuilding the operational infrastructure to produce a “true neighborhood” shopping experience. Departments 10 Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Alcoholic Beverages/Light Beer Lempert Report: Earth-Friendly Isn’t Everything Independents Report: Become a Leader Your Associates Will Follow Fresh Developments: PG looks at the latest news from the perimeter What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products 88 Fresh Food 54 Fall Promotions: Tailgating Takes Over With fall right around the corner, fun, food and football will be factoring heavily in grocers’ playbooks. Read on for inspiring merchandising ideas to get the creative autumn juices flowing. Frozen Desserts: Frozen Desserts Heat up It may be cold in the freezer, but frozen dessert and ice cream sales are hot. 32 46 65 48 Perspectives:Wegmans Food Markets: How Two Halves Make More Than a Whole Although much has been 130 4 • Progressive Grocer • August/September 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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Progressive Grocer - August/September 2009
Contents
Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Alcoholic Beverages/Light Beer
CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Lempert Report: Earth-Friendly Isn’t Everything
Store of the Month: Kosher Country
Executive Insights: A View From Tops
Independents Report: Become a Leader Your Associates Will Follow
Perspectives:Wegmans Food Markets: How Two Halves Make More Than a Whole
Independent Thinking: N.G.A. Annual Independent Grocers Survey: Cream of the Crop
Fall Promotions: Tailgating Takes Over
Proteins: Meaty Alternatives
Fresh Developments: PG Looks at the Latest News From the Perimeter
Beverage Alcohol: Keeping the Aisle Afloat
Culinary Oils: Oil Can
Frozen Desserts: Frozen Desserts Heat up
Family Planning: Up Front With Family Planning
Vitamins and Supplements: Healthy Sales With a Capital ‘D’
Pharmacy: Dealing With Diabetes
What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products
Equipment: Lasting Impressions: The Shopper’s Perspective

Progressive Grocer - August/September 2009