Produce industry associations and commodity commissions are planting seeds in the Internet information superhighway.Within the last several weeks, the Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del.; the California Strawberry Commission, Watsonville...
Ginseng, echinacea, garlic, saw palmetto and other herbal products are cultivating nutritional supplement sales at supermarkets, retailers report."Herbals are the hottest segment in food supplements, which have doubled in sales for us every year...
News & Solutions FOCUS ON FIXTURESThe pressure is on -- and has been for a while -- for meat departments to operate more efficiently and productively.So why are retailers still putting labor-intensive service meat fixtures into their new stores...
News & Solutions Merchandising ReportWhen merchandising the candy category, "impulse" is a key word for supermarkets. Displays located throughout the store can significantly raise candy sales levels, retailers say."It's important to remember a...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- While the food stamp program for low-income Americans was preserved in the massive farm bill signed into law by President Clinton earlier this month, the grocery industry is not sanguine that further attempts to reduce it are...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Hills Market here doubled its prepared foods sales when it added variety and brought them out of the corner and into the spotlight.Previously, the prepared foods items had occupied a 12-foot refrigerated case late in the store...
SALINAS, Calif. -- Tanimura & Antle here is test-marketing a line of salads that come complete with fork, napkin and a bowl., the company said.The salads are currently being test-marketed in San Francisco; Denver; Springfield, Mo.; St. Louis...
Archibald Names President andy here, manufacturer of Fannie May and Fanny Farmer brand candies, has named Ted Shepherd president and chief operating officer.Shepherd, most recently vice president of sales and marketing, moves into a position...