As rising gasoline prices prompt direct-store-delivery vendors to reconsider their distribution options, some small retailers have mixed feelings about the impact of suppliers shifting away from DSD.Some wholesalers...
LONDON, Ky. -- Laurel Grocery here is the latest to embrace a strategy that combines everyday low prices on fast-moving items while stressing the quality of perishables.The wholesaler, which specializes in serving...
Walk into a typical Save-A-Lot, and you're likely to find it clean and tidy, if uninspiring. Products, mostly house brands, are stacked on the floor, still in their cardboard boxes. Signage is minimal and generic...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Ukrop's Super Markets here has long had a reputation for supporting its communities with charitable giving. Now, it hopes to leverage that image to increase its private-label sales and customer...
WASHINGTON -- There will be no grace period for trans fats.The Food and Drug Administration will begin enforcing its new trans fats labeling rule as soon as it takes effect Jan. 1, officials at the agency said.The...
CHICAGO -- IGA here plans to develop more private-label/national-brand promotions, encouraged by the results of its first Soup and Sandwich Spectacular last spring, said Jim Collins, national accounts manager in...
NEW YORK -- Labor Day weekend produced strong beer sales, but gains likely were driven by discounting, which cuts into profits, a recently released survey suggested.In a survey of beer wholesalers by Citigroup...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger has been learning a lot about the behavior of its 6 million-plus best shoppers.Buy lots of scratch baking items, like flour and sugar? You might be classified "Traditional Home." Do baby items...
NEW YORK -- Manufacturers who want to sell their ethnic wares to mainstream consumers need to have a distinctive product and be prepared to educate retailers about its potential outside the ethnic aisle, said two...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bloom, a Food Lion market here, has become the latest retailer to hire food enthusiasts to promote its world of products.Bloom, Food Lion's "lifestyle" format, hired one "taste ambassador" for each...