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BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Quality Food Centers here paid homage to national brands by offering them at "store brand prices" during its annual QFC National Brands Sale.The sale featured substantial savings on brand name products throughout the store, with...
'Rocky' Collection ScheduledMGM/UA Home Entertainment here will release all five "Rocky" films at $9.98 each April 16, for a limited time. The entire collection will be offered at a suggested retail of $39.92. The titles are being offered in...
VERNON, Calif. -- Smart & Final Inc. here reached the billion-dollar mark in the year ended Dec. 31 when sales jumped 22.8% to $1.17 billion.Earnings rose 27% for the quarter and 4.6% for the year. The company took a $2.6 million charge for fiscal...
Fresh Express, Tomato Teamsh Express Farms here has joined with the Florida Tomato Committee in a promotion that encourages the purchase of fresh tomatoes with Fresh Express Farms World Blend salads or Salad Kits.In stores, the promotion will...
HALLMARK, CARSON SET PROMOTIONny greeting cards by Hallmark here and Carson Products, Savannah, Ga., will run a joint promotion that begins this month and runs through June.The nationally advertised promotion places two free Mahogany cards in 500...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Del Monte Foods here has equipped 34 of its zone managers and sales managers with a customized software system designed to let them retrieve business information over the Internet.Del Monte is the first grocery manufacturer to use...
NEW YORK -- Beverage Marketing Corp. of New York here has joined forces with Futures Group, an international consulting firm based in Glastonbury, Conn., to develop a major study of the beverage industry.bution networks, new manufacturing systems...
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Supermarkets must improve their handling and merchandising of fresh prepared foods if they hope to compete with retail food-service operators, an industry consultant told the annual meeting here of the Atlanta-based...
SAN DIEGO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, will upgrade radio frequency computers used by warehouse order selectors this spring in a move that will bring it one step closer to a paperless supply chain.Selectors are now using portable RF...
BURBANK, Calif. -- Warner Home Video here will release "The Bridges of Madison County" to video April 23. The offer will be promoted with displays in about 10,000 food stores. It also will include 52 million freestanding inserts in newspapers...