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...foods," says A.C. Gallo, vice president for East Coast operations. "We try to educate people, but we're not going to preach that the only thing you can eat to be healthy is brown rice and vegetables." Research indicates that Whole Foods' hard-core shoppers think of themselves as gourmets more than all-natural eaters, yet they are enticed by the healthy atmosphere. As a result, the firm started downplaying the healthy, ramping up the fresh and taking to heart what its regional managers were doing to court local yuppies. West Coast stores had a thriving gourmet-pizza business...
Traditional grocery chains, saddled with flat sales and shriveled margins, find they need to sell more gourmet-health fare to compete against the likes of both Whole Foods and Wal-Mart, the nation's largest grocer. Regional supers such as Pratt's Food Supermarkets--a chain in the Oklahoma City, Okla., area--are fighting back with more organic dairy, meats and dry goods. Kroger, the nation's No. 2 grocer, has carved out "natural food" departments in nearly a third of its 2,400 stores and is expanding its private-label organic brand, which includes cereals and potato chips, with...
...Gourmet dining is the newest trend in Europe's luxury department stores, and the menus are as cutting-edge as the fashions around them. Though designers like Armani, Courrèges, Ventillo, Lanvin, Barbara Bui and Nicole Farhi realized years ago that the chicest store accessory is a stylish café bearing your label, major retailers are just now choosing to create and run their own restaurants rather than depending on outside concessionaires. "It is a completely new era for restaurants and retail," says Jean Paul Barat, general manager of food operations at Selfridges. "Food is now a driving force...
...Paris, Galeries Lafayette has refurbished its food department, Lafayette Gourmet, to include not just Le Chênevert, but also Le Bar Rouge, a bistro with stainless steel communal tables and a blackboard menu offering grilled fish, sausages, salads and hearty soups. Not to be outdone, rival Le Printemps has introduced several new restaurants, including The World Bar, decorated by designer Paul Smith. "If there is a good restaurant, customers will stay and eat rather than leave the store," says Tim Zagat of Zagat Survey, which publishes a series of restaurant guidebooks...