In many retail industries, the most successful firms are the ones that offer the widest selection. For example, Home Depot and Staples offer a wide array of products at competitive prices.

Urban food deserts – areas where people have low or no access to food shops – exist in major cities, according to research published in the open access publication International Journal of Health Geographics, with important implications for public health policies.

A supermarket chain says it will not allow genetically-modified (GM) food in its home brand range in South Australia, because an overwhelming number of customers are opposed to GM foods.

In a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) survey, consumers revealed widespread dissatisfaction with their primary grocer. IBM's research found 73 percent of the 6,000 consumers in the United States surveyed feel either antagonistic towards or have no loyalty to their local supermarket.

In the light of growing concerns about the separation of producers and consumers in our food system and the power of big supermarkets, new research funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provides valuable insights into the motivations and practices of consumers and producers involved in ‘alternative food’ networks, which include schemes as varied as organic vegetable boxes, community gardens and farm animal adoption.

Striking a blow for the environment as well as operational effectiveness, Montana-based supermarket Reynold's Market has deployed a new point-of-sale (POS) solution featuring two-sided receipt printing from NCR Corporation.

Last week, the government announced plans to let supermarkets and retail pharmacies provide GP services, particularly in under doctored areas. Boots the Chemist welcomed this as "good news" but doctors raised concerns that this may be "a back door way of privatising the NHS."