As Efficient Consumer Response momentum continues to build, distributors are learning that greater patience and increased flexibility help their programs.Many wholesalers and retailers interviewed by SN said they are learning to be less rigid in...
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Same-store sales increases helped boost earnings at Vons Cos. here for the first quarter ended March 24. Net income for the 12 weeks rose 25% to $17.5 million. Sales rose 5.5% to $1.2 billion, and same-store sales increased 4.2%...
Supermarkets appear to be holding on to their general merchandise shoppers. In an exclusive SN consumer survey, more than one in five respondents said they were buying more general merchandise from supermarkets now than in the past. This response...
News & Solutions Home Meal ReplacementCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Big Bear Stores here is embracing home meal replacement in a big way, with an extensive fresh food-service program introduced inside a newly opened replacement store.The 75,000-square-foot...
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Tapping into the burgeoning popularity of mushroom varieties, ShopRite stores in northern New Jersey ran a...
NORWALK, Conn. -- Barilla, Europe's largest brand of pasta, is mounting a frontal assault on America's fragmented pasta market...
ST. LOUIS -- Eveready Battery here teamed up with Disney Adventures magazine for a coupon redemption program that offered...