Disney Teams with McDonald'sald's and Walt Disney Home Video have teamed to promote Disney's Masterpiece collection.The two-tiered campaign, which Disney said will be the largest entertainment-based, quick-service restaurant promotion, includes...
Supermarket chains are speed-dialing into the burgeoning prepaid telephone card category, with some even selling private-label cards.Though supermarkets have lagged behind other retailers -- including convenience store chains, drug store chains...
WASHINGTON -- The battleground for the home meal replacement segment of the food business is where the future of the supermarket industry will be decided to a large degree, according to Tim Hammonds, the Food Marketing Institute's president and...
HIGHLAND VILLAGE, Texas -- Minyard Food Stores has capped off its biggest Minyard produce department ever with its biggest juice bar, right up front in a new store here.The 32-linear-foot juice bar and the 4,500-square-foot department together...
Growth of in-store bank branches continued to skyrocket last year when new installations rose 25%.last year, with 637 new branches having opened in 1995. The survey was conducted by International Banking Technologies, Atlanta.The growth may be...
The growing direct-to-video phenomenon offers the industry opportunities to build profitable franchises exclusively at retail.Many direct-to-video titles, like the Moonbeam Entertainment line distributed by Paramount Home Video, Hollywood, Calif....
Sometimes bigger isn't always better.The development of warehouse clubs, which sprang up faster than mushrooms after a summer rain, was heralded by some as the death knell for the conventional supermarket.But today the threat appears somewhat...
A new Blue Cross and Blue Shield prescription policy may cause supermarket pharmacies to lose customers who are federal retirees.As of Jan. 1, federal retirees enrolled in Blue Cross/Blue Shield's Service Benefit Plan, Standard Option/Medicare...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A health-oriented bakery line and a system to spray oil on baking pans won top honors from the Eastern Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association here.The trade association presented the honors, the EDDA Tiffany Crystal Awards, at a...
CHIBA, Japan -- Delegates and exhibitors at the Private Label Manufacturers Association's upcoming World of Private Label Show in Asia show here will find a unique store-brand scenario.Retailers there have been facing a squeeze caused by...