Jennifer Baljko

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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN CLEANING CATEGORY
Apr 27, 1998
Cross merchandising and new-product lineups are among the new approaches retailers are taking in the spring-cleaning category this season .These new strategies are an effort to head off consumer defection to mass...
EDUCATION IS CALLED ROOT OF ORGANICS FIELD GROWTH
Aug 18, 1997
OAKLAND, Calif. -- As grocery operators dedicate more shelf space to increasingly popular organic items, one of the biggest challenges they face is educating consumers and employees about the segment, retailers and...
CONCENTRATED EFFORT
Apr 14, 1997
Concentrated powders are retaining their powerful hold on the laundry detergent aisle, as the Ultra formulations add even more definition to the premium category.Some retailers told SN the newest wave of Ultra...
AHOLD UNFURLING BI-LO BANNER IN MALAYSIA
Jan 20, 1997
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here has exported another one of its U.S. supermarket banners to Malaysia, though it sports a different concept.The Dutch retailer and the Kuok Group, its Malaysian joint-venture partner...
ANALYST: INVESTORS IGNORE SUPERMARKETS
Dec 16, 1996
NEW YORK -- Despite outperforming the stock market this year, the supermarket sector is overlooked as an investment option, Gary Giblen, managing director at Smith Barney, New York, told investors and analysts at the...
WALDBAUM'S FIRES LATEST ROUND IN PRICE WAR
Dec 16, 1996
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Waldbaum's here has fired the latest salvo in an escalating price war in New York's Long Island, where Edwards Super Food Stores last month converted 15 former Foodtown stores to its banner...
STEPPING DOWN, STEPPING UP
Dec 09, 1996
A flurry of high-profile retirements yielded new leadership at a number of supermarket companies this year, with some successors moving up the ranks when family members passed the torch to younger generations.Some...
RETAILERS: THANKSGIVING SALES WERE PILED HIGH
Dec 09, 1996
Supermarket retailers had something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: better sales than last year.Several chains told SN last week that the holiday gave them a hearty sales boost, which they expect to continue as...
ACHIEVING MIDDLE GROUND
Dec 09, 1996
Supermarket operators looking to rein in costs and compete with nonunion retailers turned to organized labor for help this year.Negotiations nationwide echoed chains' worries about how wage hikes, increased medical...
AHOLD U.S. GAINS; WILL ACQUISITIONS SLOW IT?
Dec 09, 1996
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- As expected, the Stop & Shop Cos. acquisition hoisted third-quarter and year-to-date results at Ahold here, but industry observers wonder how shifts in U.S. operations will affect the Dutch...
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