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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Retailers Ride The Inflation Gusts; In-Stock Store Conditions Were A Differentiator

Grocery stores continued to produce robust sales propelled almost entirely by price…

Inflation, In-Stock Conditions Were Key Components For Retailers’ Success

Retailers have been in a world where unit sales are down (from…

Weis Continues Strong Sales, Earnings Trends

The Sunbury, PA-based retailer posted net sales totaled $1.1 billion in Q1,…

FreshDirect Latest To Become Organized As Union Movement Gains Momentum

The under-the-radar organizational effort reached a critical juncture last October when associates…

FMI Midwinter: A Time To Rejoice And To Reflect, But Mostly It Was About Rejoicing

The annual top-to-top trade event, featuring industry leaders from all segments of…

Future Clash Of The Titans: Wegmans To Battle Stew Leonard’s In Norwalk, CT

The family-owned merchant announced it will open its first Connecticut location on…

Albertsons ‘Strategic Review’ Sounds More Like Cerberus Capital Plan To Exit Retailer

The Manhattan-based investment company not only financially supported Albertsons during the early…

Does Decrease In E-Commerce Revenue Portend Sluggish Sales For All Retail Food?

Retailers have been not so secretly worried that the current unprecedented two-year…

Giant Food’s Initial Local Vendor Summit Provides Guidance For Regional Suppliers

The three-hour virtual meeting educated local manufacturers and distributors on how to…

Has Supply Chain Dysfunction Reached Its Lowest Level Yet?

The problem has been building since last summer when the Delta version…

With 4 New Stores, E-Commerce Fulfillment Center, TGC Completes Its Busiest Period In 98-Year History

Thirty-eight days. In that relatively short period, the Carlisle, PA-based retailer did…

Tenacity, Street Smarts, Strong Work Ethic Keep Wakefern Trailblazing After 75 Years

From a small cluster of Newark merchants who in 1946 crafted an…