Sizzling sales of stir-frys, blends and other vegetable mixtures are offsetting sluggish results among commodity vegetables, helping the embattled frozens aisle hold its own.These latest attempts to pump up the...
Salsa just keeps getting hotter. Three years after it passed ketchup as America's No. 1 condiment, the Mexican-born product continues to be a big winnerfor retailers.Not wanting to be caught napping, grocers have been...
There's gold in the condiments aisle. Bottled salad dressing has become one of the section's most precious liquids, pouring $1.1 billion in annual sales into the aisle.Trends toward healthier eating have endorsed the...
The hot product trends in kids' novelty candy can burn out as fast as the batteries in a favorite Christmas toy come January.But as a category, novelty candy is showing some staying power in supermarkets. Whether the...
Once viewed as a single-use tool to visualize shelf setups, computerized planogramming systems are proving vital to broader applications in space management.Retailers fully exploiting the software packages say the...
Like Count Dracula turning into a vampire bat, Halloween is changing dramatically, according to retailers who were asked by SN for a recap of how it went a few days after the monster candy sales event became history...
A flurry of new products from infant formula makers has retailers anticipating healthy sales and even an improvement in the category's often-anemic margins.Manufacturers, trying to stretch the boundaries of their...
PHILADELPHIA -- A new low-price infant formula from the third-ranked supplier could affect promotions and retail margins in the category, said retailers.Formula maker Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, a division of American...
The biggest names in the cracker business are thinning out, and the results are looking good to retailers.Supermarket buyers and merchandisers say the new crop of crackers -- which typically have had a third to a half...
The cracker sandwich has graduated from novelty to full segment status in the cracker firmament.Primarily used as a lunchbox staple or as an away-from-home tummy comforter, the category has expanded far beyond the...