PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Meyer Inc. here this year plans to intensify efforts to use food as a vehicle to lift soft nonfood sales, according to company executives.Those efforts include increasing national-brand selection, continuing private-label...
NEW YORK -- A cable TV magazine show has raised questions about the safety of hot dogs, claiming that lab analyses detected the presence of listeria in tested products."We decided to see whether contaminated hot dogs are making it past the...
HOUSTON -- Supermarkets in this area were the clear leaders in merchandising, promotion and pricing on the Feb. 28 release of Disney's "Pocahontas." About half the chains surveyed by SN in the Houston area were at the $16.95 minimum advertised...
Richfood Holdings Adds Corporate Post ldings here has named Gary Conrad corporate executive vice president of distribution and logistics, a new position.He is responsible for coordinating distribution and logistics operations in the company's four...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Procter & Gamble has no place for the wasteful and inefficient practice of couponing, Durk Jager, president...
Videos may replace chocolate bunnies in many Easter baskets this year.That's because more and more supermarket retailers are...
REDMOND, Wash. -- Kellogg USA, Thomas J. Lipton, Nabisco, Bristol Myers, Bausch & Lomb and Sandoz are among 28 brand marketers...