Grocery Chains Getting: Greener, Healthier and More Like Department Stores
January 29th, 2008
They are trying to entice health-concious customers back into the center aisles by stocking more SKUs without scary-sounding ingredients. They are taking a page from the Motion Picture Association’s book, rating foods on their nutritional value. They are, of course, appealing to shoppers’ growing interests in environmental sustainability — especially prevalent among the 40-60 set. And they’re pimping their aisles with fancy lighting, piped-in aromas and Parisian-market-like displays in an effort to appeal to the iPOD-addicted, who complain that grocery shopping is “boring.” Here is a round-up of some big trends in grocery retailing today. The San Francicso Chronicle (Jan. 27, 2008)
Tags: grocery trends, sustainability