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JACKSON, Mich. -- Dawn Food Products here has launched a Select baking and merchandising contest.g, which includes unique product-related ideas featuring Select products, and merchandising, which includes effective merchandising used to promote...
BELLEVUE, Wash. (FNS) -- Quality Food Centers here still has $56 million left in its kitty after its merger with Olson's Food Stores, Mountlake Terrace, Wash., but company executives plan to slow the spending spree that boosted square footage by...
FMI annual conventionCHICAGO -- Supermarket operators are anticipating better results on the same-store sales front this year.Same-store sales last year failed to match the year-before figures, but retailers are optimistic that the situation will...
Penn Traffic Names Division Presidentnt of the Riverside Division here and corporate vice president at Penn Traffic Co., Syracuse, N.Y.Reporting to John Dixon, Penn Traffic's chairman and chief executive officer, he succeeds Ray Heath, who retired...
Curtis Taps Sales Directors is Circulation here has named Alfred Rodriquez and William Wigmore regional sales directors. Both positions had been vacant.Rodriguez handles the North Central region, headquartered in Chicago, while Wigmore is in...
HOUSTON -- The PromoFlor national promotion campaign and category management for the floral department will be the topics of the two keynote addresses at the Floral Marketing Association's convention next month.une 14 with a keynote general...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Selandia Designs here has introduced three new lines of children's dinnerware.llections.Selania's "Bananas in Pyjamas" line features characters from the television show with the same name.The final line is illustrated with...
SALISBURY, N.C. (FNS) -- Food Lion here is proceeding with a strategy to test larger formats featuring "store within a store" concepts as part of a plan to open 50 new units this year.Four "experimental" stores are slated to open this year in...
Manufacturer promotions of the future will most likely be driven by the checkout scanner, not the warehouse order, and retailers are learning how to play by new rules.A growing number of manufacturers consider pay-for-performance their preferred...
NEWARK, Del. -- With its long-time No. 2 man now poised to take the helm, the Produce Marketing Association here is likely to make a smooth transition in staff leadership when President Bob Carey steps down in two months.Bryan Silbermann...