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...
After five years of trying to get retailers and shippers to join the band on Price Look-Up codes -- and largely succeeding -- the Produce Electronic Identification Board now wants to fine-tune the performance.PEIB plans to overhaul the...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The fruits of nearly a year of negotiation and planning on tie-ins to Disney's "Pocahontas" video release are being borne through promotions designed to meet retailers' goals, said marketers. Retailers are critical to the...
Fantastic Foods Adds Items astic Foods here has added a new line of one-pot Rice & Beans and Pasta & Beans meals to its collection of instant health food products in a cup.Rice & Beans is available in Curried Basmati with Lentils, Jamaican Black...
CHICAGO -- The march to Efficient Consumer Response is still drawing an enthusiastic crowd of supporters.But increasingly, industry executives, including those involved in spearheading the massive re-engineering effort, concede that ECR must begin...
CHICAGO -- If the Efficient Consumer Response operating committee has its way, 1996 is going to be a very busy year.On tap for ECR this year:Turning the industry's formidable attention to new bodies of work, especially those that will directly...
It pays to display.That doctrine, along with constant advertising, is crucial in building salty snack sales.Retailers said displays help attract consumers to the category and are also useful for generating trial of the new "better-for-you" reduced...
Supermarkets are digging deeper into what was virtually unexplored terrain for them a decade ago: onetime prescription-only products that have gone over the counter.The OTC review process is far from new, but it's just recently begun offering...
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Riser Foods here reported record-setting figures for the 12 and 28 weeks ended Jan. 13, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of record net sales and earnings.h, including the opening of five remodeled units and the...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here said it had its best second-half performance since 1990 during the period ended Feb. 24.for the 12-week quarter was $25.6 million, compared with $5.8 million a year ago.After closing 124 stores in 1995, the company said...