Progressive Grocer - April 2010 - (Page 74)

Fresh Food Swinging Springtime Sales By Meg Major Hy-Vee’s Windsor Heights, Iowa, store (left) and G.F.F. Foods of Moore, Okla., claimed top honors in the National Apple Month (NAM) retail display contest, which helps jump-start sales at peak apple-selling season while giving retail produce managers a chance to shine with creative, cross-merchandised displays. Fresh produce is poised to play a starring role in helping recession-inspired shoppers make more mindful choices. ers redeemable for fresh produce, and the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) recently launched push urging Americans to focus on eating better “from the hile retail produce executives remain res- ground up” with more fruits and vegetables, the indusolute on perfecting pricing strategies to try’s produce-pushers have also been given added firepower to capture higher rings as a result of First Lady enhance sales and convey excitement, Michelle Obama’s highly visible Let’s Move! Initiative, a number of favorable trends that are which focuses on helping kids make healthy food choices hitting their stride should make the while simultaneously promoting the availability of healthy, affordable food in all parts of the country. spring selling season fertile for sowing rewarding sales opporIn the interim, while the vast majority of grocers realtunities in a variety of fresh fruit and vegetable categories. ize that there won’t be a wholesale return to previous shopping patterns and behaviors in the immediate future, Aside from new opportunities stemming from the expanded federal some of the nation’s leading operators are adopting new strategies and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program that now includes vouch- programs to help recession-inspired shoppers make more mindful choices, W 74 • Progressive Grocer • April 2010 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 2010

Progressive Grocer - April 2010
Table of Contents
Nielsen’s Shelf Stoppers/Spotlight: Baby Needs/Baby Powder
The Lempert Report: Ways to Improve the Nutrition Facts Panel
Best Practices: The Employee Satisfaction, Productivity and Profit Connection
State of the Industry Report: Looking Up, Cautiously
Store of the Month: Standing Ovation
GMA President’s Note: Tackling Obesity: A New Blueprint for Success
Natural Meat: Where Was the Beef?
Produce: Swinging Springtime Sales
Beverage Alcohol: The Case for Beer
Breakfast Foods: The Start of Something Big
Dairy: Probiotics in Dairy and Frozen: A Healthy Pursuit
Baby Care: The Dry Season
Pet Care and Supplies: Where the Margin Is
Case Study: King of the Jungle
Tech Toolbox: A Look at the Latest Solutions
Foodservice: No Strain, No Pain
Sustainability: Green Energy is Blooming
What’s Next: Editors’ Picks for Innovative Products

Progressive Grocer - April 2010