Supermarket operators are energizing their marketing by pitching the whole store -- not just its prices.The industry's longtime promotional medium, the weekly circular, isn't carrying all of its message, according to retail and wholesale...
MALVERN, Pa. -- For the second time in the last month, Acme Markets here has devoted a full-page image advertisement entirely to crusty breads.The latest ad features a full-color photograph of bread loaves in various shapes, arranged artfully on a...
Price Chopper Adds Marketing VP Post appointed to the new position of vice president of marketing by Price Chopper Supermarkets here. He is responsible for the development and implementation of marketing budgets and strategies, including sales and...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's is putting live inventory video rental departments into all new stores and some remodeled stores, said Michael Read, director of public relations and governmental affairs."I can confirm that we are going to what we call...
NEW ORLEANS -- The issue of just who pays for Price Look-Up codes surfaced at the McLean, Va.-based International Apple Institute's annual convention and business meeting here.It came up in a discussion that was part of an industrywide call for...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- A judge in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., ruled last week that a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed against Publix Super Markets here could proceed as a class action suit.Barry Goldstein, a principal with the firm...
PHILADELPHIA -- Fresh hams and pizza in the bakery?Supermarket strategist Gene Hoffman thinks those and other unconventional products could very well provide the saving grace for in-store bakeries in the future.Speaking at the Laurel, Md.-based...
SALT LAKE CITY -- American Stores Co. here is introducing a new line to its family of private labels.The third-tier Value Wise brand is replacing American's generic Econo Buy brand and contains items across most grocery categories, including...
KULPSVILLE, Pa. -- Shoppers in stores owned by Clemens Markets here aren't just making small talk when they talk about the weather. They're talking about the prices of two frozen food items -- as determined by the previous day's high and low...