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More refrigerated coolers in the grocery aisles are a sure sign that some retailers have turned meal solutions up a notch.Supermarkets are using coolers to integrate refrigerated or frozen products into dry grocery, so that consumers can find all...
Al Garner, 55ss. -- Funeral services were held recently for Al Garner, vice president of produce at Jitney-Jungle Stores of America here. Garner died of a heart attack May 11 at the age of 55.Garner, who is survived by his wife, Beth, and two...
ATLANTA -- Unless supermarkets find a way to make fresh meals work for them, they might as well scratch sales growth from their menu.That's what consultant Jim Riesenburger, managing partner in Riesenburger, Leenhouts & Associates, Rochester, N.Y...
THIBODAUX, La. -- As summertime approaches, retailers are stocking their meat cases with grilling items as consumers look to move their dining occasions outdoors.According to Charles Hamblen, meat and seafood director for Rouse's Supermarket Inc...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A number of retailers around the country are taking traditional fish chowder one step further by introducing customers to a more exotic variety, one made with conch.Dishes made with conch, a large mollusk native to warm...
DALLAS -- Southland Corp. here is looking to bolster fresh foods programs in its 7-Eleven stores and has hired a former Randalls Food Markets executive to help.Jim Richter, formerly vice president of produce at Randalls, based in Houston, was...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P has found its reading centers, set up in an alcove off the main traffic artery in stores,"has had a positive impact on sales," said Andrew Carrano, A&P's vice president of marketing and corporate affairs.He declined to...
CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- A&P's new Super Fresh unit here leads shoppers by their senses through expanded perishables departments, and introduces them to several new elements that further incorporate the chain's Master Choice premium store brand into...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- As Robert Moore, the long-time president of the Washington-based International Banana Association, prepares to officially retire on April 30, the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association, based here, is ready to take over...
GREENWICH, Conn. -- Fresh Fields, a natural foods supermarket chain, has taken a fresh and dramatic approach to serving prepared foods at a renovated store here.A self-service antipasto bar that runs at least 18 feet long dominates the deli...