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How big is the organic food market in the United States?
The U.S. organic food market size was valued at $43.7 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach [...]
The politics of food insecurity
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by [...]
High Court: Food retailers can keep SNAP data confidential
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income [...]
As goes China, so goes the world.
While the food industry is sometimes called the world's biggest industry - in reality it's a conglomeration of [...]
Is farming octupus unethical?
A Japanese aquaculture company recently announced it has succeeded in hatching eggs of fully farmed octopus in western [...]
The largest supermarket company in the U.S. is Krogers
But there's a hitch The Kroger Company consistently shows up in lists of the top supermarket companies in [...]
Are ‘robot supermarkets’ the next big thing in the same day grocery delivery biz?
Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of U.S. Supermarket chains such as Giant Food, Food Lion and Hannaford, is [...]
What is a Grocerant?
There was a time when food was sold through much more rigid channels than exist today. For the [...]
Kroger’s Top 5 Consumer Food Trends for 2019
Kroger Co. was the leading supermarket in the United States with sales of over $105 billion in 2017 [...]
GRAS Resources
GRAS is an acronym for Generally Recognized as Safe. This is a designation made by the US Food [...]