CHICAGO -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., boosted labor productivity and slashed employee turnover rates in half after introducing a multimedia computer-based training program.The company, which tracks labor productivity in terms of sales per...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Consumers are serving up a full plate of suggestions for supermarket delis, and a major one is: Lose the half-empty platters in the service case.Indeed, appealing displays rivaled cleanliness for the top spot on a consumers'...
MIDDLETOWN, Ky. -- A test of self-service checkstands was launched at a Kroger store here that will likely host future pilot programs such as computer-assisted ordering.Nearly all products sold in the 63,000-square-foot store are scannable at the...
Refrigerated pasta is alive and well and living in the refrigerators of many middle- to upper-income shoppers.As a whole, the category may not recover the booming sales it experienced when it first exploded onto the market, but certain areas can...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Supermarket bakeries could raise their sales by pushing bread's nutritional qualities via the U.S...
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Quality Food Centers here has introduced a private-label superpremium ice cream, supporting it with...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Retailers are seeking better bottom-line performance from the deli -- but not all of them are squeezing...