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CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Major supermarkets here, apparently in an effort to boost sales between Halloween and Thanksgiving, focused promotions on a wide variety of high-impulse general merchandise items.Offerings included half-price lightbulb and...
NORFOLK, Va. -- Farm Fresh here and Drug Emporium, Powell, Ohio, have reached an agreement under which two of Farm Fresh's Rack & Sack stores will have Drug Emporium discount drug operations replace existing departments."It is the first time that...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- Sara Lee branded fresh sandwich shops are up and running, and doing "very well" so far in a partnership with Kroger Co., according to Sara Lee executives.In a bid to extend the equity of its brand name further into the fresh foods...
BURLINGTON, Wash. -- Thrifty Foods Inc. here got its first food court off to a sweet start with a Cinnabon World Famous cinnamon roll bakery, paired with a Cinnabon espresso bar.The chain, which has 20 stores, launched the food court in a...
ATLANTA -- Food-service operators will likely bite deeper into supermarkets' prepared food sales in the future because they know food better and are more innovative.That's how Marcia L. Shurer, a food-service consultant and president of Culinary...
ATLANTA -- Atmosphere and image are reality, when it comes to successful supermarket food-service operations.That theme was stressed repeatedly by retail panelists during a seminar at the Food Marketing Institute and National-American Wholesale...
Del Monte Sales VP Moves Onike Pereira has left his position as vice president of sales and marketing for Del Monte Fresh Produce here to pursue other business interests.He was with Del Monte Fresh for eight years.The company said a replacement...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- American consumers ate a record 100 pounds of fresh fruit per person in 1994, according to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report.Within the fresh fruit market, overall per capita consumption of non-citrus fruit increased...
NORFOLK, Va. -- Farm Fresh here is going for the gold with a new cafe format that it hopes will turn its stores into food-service destinations.The concept, Gold Cafe, takes shape around a pair of all-you-can-eat self-service food bars. The dual...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association here will provide an overview of fresh produce practices next week to a new government inter-agency advisory committee formed to address foodborne illness.crobiological Criteria...