Welcome to the annual Food Trade News Market Study issue! As most of you are familiar with, this project is a real undertaking that require months of research and compiling of data. Once again, we are proud to present the entire metro New York/New Jersey market, the Greater Philadelphia market…

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of the 2018 Food World market study, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Fresh is in – at least that’s what Nielsen’s Total Consumer Report, which was released this month, has found. While center-of-the-store edibles saw a higher dollar growth of $2.9 billion than that of the $2.2 billion for fresh and perishables, relative to their overall size, fresh categories are driving outsized…

Jeff Metzger's analysis of Farm Fresh's exit, and what it could mean for Supervalu, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley market.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from Metro New York.

Karen Fernandez keeps you up-to-date on the latest trends in the industry.

Jeff Metzger's take on 40 years of Best-Met Publishing's coverage of the industry in the Northeast, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Jeff Metzger's take on the news that Supervalu will exit its Farm Fresh business in Tidewater, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from the Metro New York market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley

Jeff Metzger's take on the news that Jim Donald has returned to the food business at president and COO of Albertsons, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Karen Fernandez reports in from the Baltimore-Washington market.

Jeff Metzger reports on the Key Food vendor meeting, plus his analysis of the rest of the news of the market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from the Metro New York market.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of Amazon's recent 4th quarter earnings report, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Karen Fernandez reports on the latest trends in the industry.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of Supervalu's recent earnings report, Kevin Kemp's retirement from the wholesaler, and the rest of the news of the market.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from the New York Metro market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley market.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of Publix and Lidl's struggles in the ferocious Richmond market, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Karen Fernandez reports in from the Mid-Atlantic market.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of the new Ahold Delhaize USA team that rolled out January 1, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from the New York Metro market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of Supervalu's new momentum, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Karen Fernandez reports in from the Mid-Atlantic.

Greetings everyone and welcome to the start of the holiday season! We send congratulations out to Ben Levine and his team at Pick Quick Foods on the opening of their seventh location in Massapequa, Long Island. The store, located at 941 Carmans Road, has undergone a total transformation from its…

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley market.

Jeff Metzger reports on the recent Allegiance Retail Services vendor meeting, plus his analysis of the rest of the news of the market.

AmazonFresh Exiting Certain Suburban Areas; Expect Whole Foods, Prime Now To Fill The Void Home delivery remains the most complex and costliest option for food retailers. To wit: Peapod and Fresh Direct, who’ve been in the business since the last millennium, have yet to become profitable. So, it wasn’t too…

Jeff Metzger discusses recent Lidl and Ahold USA news, as west as the rest of the news of the market.

As anyone who isn’t living under a rock knows, the digital world is taking over all aspects of our lives. As expectations become realities (Amazon, anyone?), bricks and mortar grocery retailers need to get with the program before they get left behind. Deloitte, the well-known multinational professional services firm, recently released a…

Jeff Metzger's take on the Amazon-WFM deal, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Jeff Metzger's analysis of the recent Publix debut in Richmond, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Jeff Metzger's take on the Kroger lawsuit to halt Lidl's sale of private label items, plus the rest of the news of the market.

Kevin Gallagher reports in from the Metro New York market.

Maria Maggio reports in from the Delaware Valley market.