Jeff Metzger

Jeff Metzger is a veteran grocery industry journalist, analyst, and publisher with more than five decades of experience covering retail food. Co-founder of Best-Met Publishing and longtime publisher of Food Trade News & Food World, he has shaped industry discourse through his widely read column and deep market analysis.
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At Allegiance Meeting, John Derderian Tells Vendors He’s Bullish About Co-Op’s Growth

It was a record year for the retailer owned co-op based in…

Wegmans Entry Into Eastern North Carolina Expected To Create Even More Havoc

Kroger is withdrawing from the area and Lidl also pulled out of…

DePeters, Natale, Two Of Wegmans’ Best, Set To Retire At End Of Year

The two team players will retire at the end of 2019 after…

Fairway Market On Selling Block Again?

If true, the news shouldn’t be that surprising that the once-iconic Metro…

Licensees Unhappy As Save-A-Lot Continues To Fumble, Bumble & Stumble

The company is in the process of reviewing its strategic options to…

Giant/Martin’s To Acquire Musser’s Three Units

Will Build New Center City Philly Flagship

Giant Food, Stop & Shop Agree To End Shared Merchandising Services

The merchandising transition from Quincy, MA to Landover, MD will completed in…

Amazon Sets Prime Day Sales Record; Other Retailers Enjoy Digital Promotional Success

Godzilla breaks online records for digital revenue with this year's Prime Day(s).

Rite Aid To Carry UNFI’s Wild Harvest Line; Independent Customers Unhappy

The Providence, RI-based distributor finds another reason to disappoint its retailers.

Overstoring Toll: Low Comps, More Struggles Despite Healthy Economy, Modest Inflation

Survival may be the new prosperity as retailers struggle to make sales…

For Most Mid-Atlantic Retailers, Survival Is The New Prosperity

Giant maintains Mid-Atlantic share lead; Walmart, Aldi make strides in overstored $48.5…

Another Kmart Reincarnated As A ShopRite

Garafalo ShopRite opens its sixth location and Campbell's ready to move forward…

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