The fundamental marketing mantra, "The right product, at the right time, in the right place, at the right price," needs re-evaluation as marketplace realities run ahead of their theoretical underpinnings.The three utilities, product, time and...
Sales of low-fat and fat-free cookies and crackers are soaring in the grocery aisle. So why isn't the in-store bakery catching the wave?After watching Nabisco's Snackwell line and products from other packaged food suppliers create new business for...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Rogers Markets here has sold nine of its 13 stores to Supervalu, its Minneapolis-based wholesaler, as part of a downsizing effort. Supervalu subsequently has converted two of the nine stores to units of Scott's Foods, a...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- "We are now in the business of distributing solutions -- solutions to whatever logistics problems the...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here, the nation's largest wholesaler, is giving suppliers until Sept. 30 to begin transmitting...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A division here of Kroger Co., Cincinnati, will expand customer self-scanning technology to two more stores...