The sales boom in crusty breads nationwide has spurred other chains, too, to add new fixtures designed precisely to highlight those products.Price Chopper Supermarkets, Schenectady, N.Y., for example, is testing a self-service bread dispenser at...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The much anticipated cross-docking facility under construction by Tops Markets here is pushing hot buttons among distributors seeking to cut costs and labor unions fearing large job losses.The 880,000-square-foot center in...
During the Blizzard of '96, sales of shovels, ice scrapers and rock salt accumulated almost as quickly as the 3 feet of snow that blanketed the ground in some areas.The sales pace for health and beauty care items also picked up in skin care items...
ATLANTA -- Grocers looking to bowl shoppers over in the breakfast aisle may want to go out and buy a brand-new, big bowl.Shoppers queried during an SN visit to Atlanta-area supermarkets said they are gravitating toward the newer, larger...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here said it has completed its acquisition of Wonder Market Cos., Worcester, Mass., operator of 12 Big D supermarkets in Massachusetts. Under terms of the agreement, Price Chopper purchased the...
Frozen seafood sales may be floundering, but retailers are looking to new products, upgraded packaging and steep discounts to catch the attention of more consumers.The frozen seafood business has suffered as fresh seafood counters have...
VP, Packaging Post Are Added by IGAwo appointments.Patrick Sylvester was named vice president of marketing, a new position. He most recently served as director of the IGA brand. In his new post, Sylvester continues to direct the association's...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ruddick Corp. here, parent of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain, reported that net income decreased slightly but sales rose for the first quarter ended Dec. 31.Earnings dropped 2.4% from $8.3 million to $8.1 million but sales...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Imagine customers at a Kroger Co. supermarket tapping into interactive multimedia kiosks to purchase video cassette recorders, computers, watches, jewelry, children's books, products from L.L. Bean and The Gap and other nonfood...
COMPTON, Calif. -- Ralphs Grocery Co. here said last week George Golleher will become chief executive officer of the 413-unit chain as part of a top-management shuffle to position the company for long-term growth. Golleher told SN Ralphs'...