FoodShopping

There's been a lot of talk about lately about limiting the number of products sold at retail, with stores trimming assortment and dropping national brands in favor of lower priced private label products. But that doesn't mean retailers are totally lacking in innovation. Target Stores may be...

When a recent Nielsen report published in the Boston Globe said sales of grocery chains' own discount brands had increased 8% since 2007, I thought the number was conservative. Who is going to sweat the negligible difference in packaging and quality -- if any -- when buying ketchup when the rent is...

When you see studies that compare prices at grocery or discount stores, do you believe the results? I rarely do and for good reason. The studies are often poorly devised or flawed in some way. But not this one. Walletpop asked retail consulting company McMillan/Doolittle to conduct its own grocery...