TAMPA, Fla. -- Kash n' Karry Food Stores here has substantially improved its sales of wine at its new prototype unit through creative cross-merchandising with its perishables departments.The retailer has placed wine racks near its cheese case and...
TAMPA, Fla. -- A new service seafood section and an adjoining meat case with value-added emphasis is helping Kash n' Karry Food Stores beef up department sales in its latest remodel here."We couldn't be happier with the results. We've doubled...
BOSTON -- Sourcing seafood for supermarkets is rapidly becoming an international game, and that foreign influence is going to be a guiding force for seafood sales growth in the supermarket, according to Mike Kennally, vice president of seafood for...
BOSTON -- Although there was no dearth of retailers perusing booths on the floor of the annual International Seafood Show here, the accompanying conference sessions did not seem to address them.Indeed, many of the seafood suppliers speaking, and...
WASHINGTON -- Food Marketing Institute's new MealSolutions show will feature a wider focus than FMI's earlier seafood and food-service conferences, and will include a show floor with exhibits.es the primary source of meal solutions for today's...
The canned meat and seafood category seems to be caught in a net. Now it's up to grocers to determine whether it's worth the effort to lift the net and perhaps reel in some increased sales.Some are choosing to do just that, particularly now during...
BOSTON -- A seafood contractor and former retailer blasted supermarket seafood departments for their quality problems during a meeting preceding the annual International Boston Seafood Show here.Independent seafood contractor Phil Walsh said he...
WAYNE, N.J. -- Grand Union Co. here has expanded its selection of value-added seafood items prepared in-store, and is in the process of rolling the program out to all its stores with service seafood departments, according to Kevin Cronin, vice...
ST. LOUIS -- Van de Kamp's here has entered an agreement to acquire the Mrs. Paul's frozen seafood business from Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J.The sale would not include any of Campbell's manufacturing operations. Van de Kamp's would produce...
Frozen seafood sales may be floundering, but retailers are looking to new products, upgraded packaging and steep discounts to catch the attention of more consumers.The frozen seafood business has suffered as fresh seafood counters have...