COPPELL, Texas -- Frito-Lay, Plano, Texas, and Dr Pepper, Dallas, were showcased in a $50,000 cash sweepstakes by Minyard Food Stores here, which has been aggressively using giveaways to boost traffic.For the $50,000 Cold Cash Giveaway, which ran...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here offered immunizations to thousands of shoppers in western New York after a produce worker at one of its division's corporately owned stores was diagnosed with hepatitis A.The store, a Jubilee Foods unit located...
Fluid integration of multiple applications in an open-systems computing environment remains an elusive goal for many retailers.A short time ago, leading-edge retailers championed open systems' attributes of software portability, scalability and...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Sales of kitchen tools and gadgets soared 10% at Harvest Foods here after price points were lowered and merchandise was strategically clip-stripped and J-hooked in grocery.In March, the chain reduced its gadgets retail pricing...
CALGARY, Alberta -- A new "customer count" feature just added to its executive information system will give Calgary Co-op here a vital tool for promotional planning and analysis.The 14-store retail cooperative expects to make the new customer...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Supermarket floral operators may not have much time to track trends, but they need to know what's hot -- and sunflowers are definitely hot now.That is according to Matt Wood, a floral consultant and educator, who spoke at the...
New products and promotional strategies, especially instant redeemable coupons, are helping to illuminate supermarket lightbulb departments."IRCs provide instant gratification. Consumers get excited when they can get money back right on the spot,"...