Analysis: Kroger's Lucky strike in battle with Sprouts, Whole Foods

Sure enough Kroger is taking on a small-format, fresh grocer that will take it into Florida -- only it’s not The Fresh Market.

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Fresh ideas in store formats from Kroger, Ahold, Whole Foods

New concepts from these food retailers — Main & Vine, bfresh and 365 — tackle customization for today’s shopper. An SN news feature by Jon Springer.

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Small Blunders: Defunct brands provide a warning from the past

It wasn’t all that long ago that a list of hot new brands in food retail would include Bloom, Marketside and Fresh & Easy right at the top. Beset by some combination of bad timing, conceptual flaws and real estate goofs, none of those three concepts survive today.

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Phil's Food Reviews: 5 new products

This week Phil reviews: Salamida State Fair Spiedie Sauce Italian, Cherryvale Farms Cookie Mix Peanut Butter, Annie Chun's Seaweed Crisps Gochujang, Miss Marjorie's Steel Drum Plantains, and Simple Squares Organic Nutrition Bar Cinna-clove.

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