Fresh-food supermarkets – a popular new retail category
By: David Robertson | 31 May 2005
Amid concerns about food safety and supermarket buying power, more and more consumers are choosing to buy their produce from other sources. Farmers' markets, wholesale markets and community supported agriculture programmes are all proving successful, along with a new retail format - the fresh-food supermarket. David Robertson reports.
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Amid concerns about food safety and supermarket buying power, more and more consumers are choosing to buy their produce from other sources. Farmers' markets, wholesale markets and community supported agriculture programmes are all proving successful, along with a new retail format - the fresh-food supermarket. David Robertson reports.
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