News & Solutions Merchandising ReportFor many retailers, beverages have become synonymous with volume. A heavily advertised beverage aisle with hot prices on leading soft drinks, popular new-age items and beers can be a real traffic builder...
Bellar Retires at HazelwoodBellar has retired from the post of vice chairman at Hazelwood Farms Bakeries, the bakery production arm of Minneapolis-based Supervalu.Bellar joined the company in 1974 as general manager, and was named vice chairman in...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Cos. here has agreed to sell four Purity stores in Massachusetts, three to local supermarket operators.The deals, disclosed last week, are in line with Stop & Shop's decision to sell 31 of the 55 Purity Supreme stores...
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Quality Food Centers here has teamed up with Coors and several other vendors as part of its annual effort to raise funds for the Western Washington Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.The fund-raising effort...
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Category management has enabled Finast here to get closer to its customers.Speaking at the Frozen Food Month Kickoff in Cleveland, Greg Spragg, Finast's executive vice president of marketing and store operations, said Finast...
Gillette Adds to Fragranceshere has introduced Pacific Light, the third fragrance in its Gillette Series. Available now, Pacific Light capitalizes on the trend toward lighter and cleaner fragrances, according to Gillette. It features a woody...
Oshawa Group, Etobicoke, Ontario, said net income rose 22.6% for the year ended Jan. 27 to $47.8 million U.S. (at an exchange rate of $1.36 Canadian to $1 U.S.) and 43.2% for the fourth quarter to $13.8 million. Sales for the year rose 1.5% to $4...
Alternative cards keep energizing supermarkets' greeting card sales.An ever-increasing selection of alternative cards has been introduced over the last decade, with card companies able to reach out to every conceivable demographic. Alternative...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Meyer Inc. here will use interactive electronic payment readers as a gateway to precise consumer demographics.The retailer will equip all stores with new payment terminals by Sept. 30. The system rollout, driven by the...
The explosion of credit, debit and charge card use may be costing supermarkets unwanted transaction fees and other charges, but the cards are also spurring higher sales, in some cases to unexpectedly profitable degrees, according to retailers and...