UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Beit Bros. Supermarkets here is coming into summer with expectations that its food court will post its best sales and profits yet.The food court's sales, and more recently its profits, just keep getting better, and hot weather...
DALLAS -- 7-Eleven here is increasing its investment in fresh foods with new items such as co-branded stuffed baked potatoes and salad cups, an expansion of its Deli Central program and the addition of more commissaries, said officials of the...
RESTON, Va. -- Much of the best supermarket advertising and merchandising is showing signs of a split personality.On one hand, the industry is showing its charitable side in campaigns that show compassion for -- and produce sizable cash...
In the wake of industry consolidation, there's a new push to redefine perimeter departments as signatures of a retail operation's individual quality, variety and fresh-foods image. Industry veterans discuss their own experiences and progress, as...
DALLAS -- What does the consumer want? It's the question that plagues every department of every supermarket around the world. SN got a glimpse of what consumers here are asking for in the way of fresh produce, during a tour of area retailers...
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In the many-sided war for consumers, supermarkets are deploying their forces where they are strongest -- in the power aisles
MONTVALE, N.J. -- Ambitious restructuring efforts throughout fiscal 1999 resulted in net profits and strong comparable-store sales for A&P here, Christian Haub, president and chief executive officer for A&P, said last week.lion loss in 1998...
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Mother Earth's Organic Food Festival in April provides a natural tie-in for vendors of soy products that are also organic, since April also happens to be National Soy Month. (see related story on Page 26).Heinen's...
WASHINGTON -- Wholesale prices for food increased 0.1% in January after showing no change in December, according to Labor Department statistics.Year-over-year prices were down 0.4%.In January, increased prices for pork, dairy products, eggs for...