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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The East Coast Video Show will move into a more spacious venue this year and will move its dates up to Oct. 1 to 3. This year's show will be held in the Atlantic City Convention Center, a change from the Trump Taj Mahal, where...
The allergy season kicks in this month, prompting many supermarkets to highlight items in their ad slicks.But retailers have discovered spring isn't the only time to feature these products. The allergy category has become a year-round business...
QUINCY, Ill. -- Niemann Foods here is preparing to expand its computer-based training curriculum following a four-store test that focused on scan speed and accuracy and other front-end tasks.The 23-store chain analyzed point-of-sale data to...
Supermarket pharmacists expect lower costs of top-selling asthma medications this year.The first generic versions of the leading products -- Proventil and Ventolin inhalers -- are beginning to achieve market penetration after the Food and Drug...
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Supermarket operators must take bold steps to reinvent and redesign the purpose of the supermarket, James F. "Fully" Clingman, president and chief operating officer of H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, told the Western...
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Fresh Fields here, in half-page ads that appeared in different markets, claimed that its produce freshness is a point of difference between it and competing supermarkets. "If our food were any fresher, we'd just be Fields...
MOBILE, Ala. -- Delchamps here had positive earnings and strong sales increases for the third quarter and 39 weeks ended March 30.store sales rose 10.2% for the quarter and 7.9% for the 39 weeks. Net income was $1.1 million for the quarter and $1...
LONDON, Ky. -- A candy contest by Laurel Grocery Co. here helped its clients reap sweeter sales plus cash and vacation prizes.aler's supermarket and convenience store clients promoted candy in an effort to increase their sales percentage.Tom...
The food industry views this fall's presidential election as more than just another chance to push its agenda. It sees the election of Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican nominee, is seen as an imperative to ending burdensome regulations and...
In reference to "Private Label's Public Stature" (SN March 25), wouldn't it be great if retailers really were planning marketing and brand strategies for their own labels? Our experience is that the vast majority have no operating plan for private...