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...have noticed the additional shelf space that low-carb goods are getting in your supermarket. The Albertson's chain now offers more than 100 low-carb products, compared with just 10 less than a year ago. "We found it's having a profound effect," says Andrew Kramer, Albertson's director of ethnic marketing and specialty foods. Sales in his category more than doubled last year, led by growth in low-carb lines. Meanwhile, the central action alley at Wal-Mart SuperCenters crammed some 200 low-carb products into a 16-ft. run during prime dieting season after New Year...
...Grocery Gamble Battered by Wal-Mart, the supermarket industry is rapidly revamping to survive...
Cocky. Ruthless. Vicious. Mean. Those are some of the ways Jerry Davis, CEO of Affiliated Foods Southwest, describes the supermarket juggernaut that is Wal-Mart. He could have added hyperefficient, low cost and customer focused. The megachain's rapidly expanding grocery business--which now accounts for a fifth of U.S. food sales--has left a trail of shuttered supermarkets in its wake. This year in particular, the damage is piling up. Winn-Dixie, once a Southern power, suspended its dividend indefinitely, causing its stock to drop 28% in January, and is expected to close more than a hundred stores. This...
...Dead and Club Dread. We arrived early and staked out a spot near the center. We listened to Simon and Garfunkel on my car stereo—I had no 50s music, but they’re close enough—while we ate packaged sushi from the supermarket for dinner. One of the most curious benefits of the drive-in experience is that the range of concessions one can legally smuggle in is virtually limitless. As the cars filtered in, I learned my first lesson in drive-in movie etiquette...
...place to come for the [East] Asian ingredients you can’t get anywhere else,” says Akemi Yanada, a Cantabrigian who has shopped here since moving from Japan five years ago. She personally recommends their extensive noodle collection, which takes up more than one long supermarket aisle. If you’re too timid to undertake a full meal, the frozen food section has a large selection of hors d’oeuvres, from custard pastry puff to pre-cooked spring rolls. Want an instant party? Pop these in the microwave...