Supermarket/Grocery

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

The new make-at-home smoothies feature all natural ingredients and 120 calories or less per serving.

The national advertising campaign of print, digital, and retailer programs began in May.

Packaged Facts estimates private label food and beverage dollar sales totaled $87 billion in 2009. Here's why specialty food retailers, like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, enjoyed greater growth in store brand product sales between 2005 and 2009 than traditional supermarkets.

The company is currently running Warehouse Management with its cooler operations, with plans to implement alongside dry and frozen operations within the next year.

Facebook celebrated its 500 millionth active user last week, and leading consumer goods companies are putting the social networking site's popularity to good use. Here, CGT presents the Top 20 food and drink brands on Facebook. Did your brands make the cut? If not, learn how these leaders are making social media a competitive advantage.

Sturm Foods quickly realized improved inventory capabilities, including an accuracy level of 98.5 percent, while reducing the cost of labor by more than 50 percent.

Kraft Foods, HJ Heinz and Kellogg make the list of companies with top paid CEOs. However, this marks the first time in the past 20 years that total compensation declined in three consecutive years. Find out who else made the list, including their salaries, shares owned and more.