Hershey's Hard Candy to Debut ods' first hard candy, TasteTations, will be available in June in caramel, butterscotch, peppermint and chocolate flavors.During the introductory period, 25-cent variety packs containing one of each flavor, and 99...
WASHINGTON -- The annual Food Marketing Institute convention in Chicago will hold new potential for independents this year.According to Tim Hammonds, FMI president and chief executive officer, the institute is attempting to make it easier for...
Fifty million Americans have hypertension, yet only half are treating it. While that fact may be enough to make any pharmacist's blood boil, it also is offering supermarket pharmacists an opportunity to increase awareness.New programs designed to...
Many leading supermarket chains achieved good results during the second half, particularly companies that had already been showing upward momentum.A survey of the top 20 supermarket chains with publicly traded equity or debt showed that sales...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Across-the-line price reductions on its ready-to-eat cereals and a change in couponing strategy by Post here have retailers expecting an upturn in category sales and more changes in couponing.Post, the nation's third-largest...
Automation Inc. 6955cts/Alltrista Corp. 6432Bentley Manufacturing 121BPI Packaging Technologies Inc. Market Media 7220Buckeye Feed Mills 7260Carbona 7440CAS Corp. 2160Choice Books 6445Clorox Co.741 Compucook Inc. 7137DowBrands Inc. 7613EnviroTech...
VSDA Event Adds Seminarsideo Software Dealers Association here will increase the number of seminars at its annual convention, July 10 to 13, by about 20%. The schedule will include 30 different sessions. Tentative seminar topics include: "Catching...
AKRON, Ohio -- At West Point Market here, New York-style bagels are a hit with customers.After West Point enhanced its bagel program with a boiled variety six weeks ago, bagel unit sales doubled and are expected to triple by the end of the year...
LUFKIN, Texas -- Brookshire Bros.' 49-cent-a-night rental program is drawing traffic in its video departments, SN found in a store visit. Traffic was heavy in a Humble, Texas, department, even though it was mid-afternoon Thursday. The offer, which...