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GREENWICH, Conn. -- Fresh Fields has come to Connecticut, prepared to feed time-hungry consumers looking for meals to take home or back to the office.The Rockville, Md.-based retailer has also come to educate them about the nutritional content of...
BALTIMORE -- Several independent retailers based here have established $1 general merchandise sections that, in some locations, encompass an entire side of the grocery aisle.The sections, created in an effort to compete with dollar sections at...
Outposting of greeting cards is converting grocery shoppers into card buyers at supermarkets. Greeting card outposts, or supplemental card shippers, have been used by supermarkets for the past several years to draw attention to greeting card...
DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Continuous replenishment program activities are paying off for Dominick's Finer Foods, Northlake, Ill., which documented increased product turns, improved store service levels and reduced inventory.Those were among the...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Pillsbury here has embarked on a licensing strategy aimed at expanding its Green Giant brand more widely in the fresh produce business.Last month the company said it had given a group of former Pillsbury executives headed by Jeff...
NORFOLK, Va. -- Farm Fresh here recorded a $3.7 million loss for the first quarter ended March 25, a 44.8% improvement over last year's $6.7 million loss.Sales increased 6.2% to $208.2 million. Same-store sales rose 3.2%.Despite positive...
Del Monte to Offer Sweet Onionsonte Fresh Produce here will begin marketing Vidalia Sweet onions, starting in mid-April.The sweet onions will be labeled with a Del Monte sticker and a standardized price look-up code number.The onions will be...
CONCORDIA, Kan. -- Boogaarts Food Stores here boosted fresh pork sales some 25% during a one-week promotion last month that encouraged shoppers to go "pork crazy."About 80% of the stores' fresh pork items were included in the "Go Hog Wild Sale,"...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores' Atlanta division is featuring fresh strawberry pies to ring in the first phase of strawberry season. In a newspaper ad last month, under the banner, "Strawberry Festival '95," the pies, touted at $4.99 each...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Finer Foods here plans to leverage its buying power as an affiliate of Yucaipa Cos., Robert A. Mariano, president and chief operating officer, told SN in an interview last week. Los Angeles-based Yucaipa completed its...