Joe Parisi, chief operating officer of Gristedes & D’Agostino Supermarkets, a subsidiary of Red Apple Group, has been named the company’s new president.

The Fresh Market, Inc. has lined up a month of promotions to celebrate its 40th anniversary this July. 

Sammy Duda, current president of Duda Farm Fresh Foods, will take the reins as the company’s next chief executive officer at the beginning of 2023. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans plans to eliminate plastic bags companywide by the end of 2022. The company’s goal is to shift all customers to reusable bags.

Greensboro, N.C.-based The Fresh Market’s newest store, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., features a culinary kitchen turning out a variety of retail foodservice items daily.

Four industry leaders share their opinion on what kind of technology will have the largest impact on the fresh perimeter in the near future.

“Health and wellness” has never been more important for Americans and for the suppliers of the foods they eat to help them meet their personal better-for-you goals.

During COVID, 30% of Americans made dietary changes they said they’d keep post-pandemic, according to FMI data. 

Millennials are thinking differently about their health than older generations, and the shift suggests some interesting potential opportunities for retailers, according to Barrington, Ill.-based consultancy Brick Meets Click. 

The grocery fresh perimeter is so diverse, there are many lenses for studying the evolution of health and wellness over the decades.