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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A coalition of special-interest groups has teamed with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union to charge Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., with failing to identify fresh meat that has been rewrapped and...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The general merchandise division of Fleming Cos. here has retained two merchandising service firms to handle an ambitious series of category management resets over the next year and beyond.Fleming, the nation's largest grocery...
Many industry executives are gathered this week in Boca Raton, Fla., for the 1996 edition of the Food Marketing Institute's Midwinter Executive Conference, and among the topics of conversation likely to come up more than once during the meeting is...
The One to One Future," by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D., is an excellent overview of what they see as the future of marketing -- building relationships one customer at a time.In the book, they make some interesting points, particularly...
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- Richfood here has appointed Ronald W. Turner to the new position of vice president of nonfood. The appointment signals a new direction for the wholesaler, which has been out of the nonfood distribution business.Turner has...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said it expects to make considerable progress in implementing its Advantage re-engineering program in 1996. After setting up a new organizational structure during 1995, the distributor has an aggressive agenda in...
HIGHLAND VILLAGE, Texas -- Minyard Food Stores has opened its first full-blown food court in its newest store here, with a layout deliberately reminiscent of a typical food court in a shopping mall.The court, composed of six branded food concepts...
CHICAGO -- The Country Music Association, Nashville, Tenn., is offering brand marketers "star power." A Fourth of July CMA-themed freestanding-insert event includes television and print exposure, guest star appearances, a national sweepstakes and...
An In-Field Hitail, our field people have to be prepared for whatever denomination of coupon is needed."-- Kay Word, director of sales systems at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N.C., sings the praises of portable coupon printers. Page 16.
Changes are occurring faster on disposable diaper shelves than on the little bottoms that wear the products.Shuffling of diaper counts, packaging and gender types, in part due to premium-brand price shifts, has rattled grocery merchandisers and...