PATERSON, N.J. -- For the pre-Christmas season this year, A&P's Atlantic Division here brought a new meaning to the term one-stop shopping by arranging for Santa Claus to appear in stores to hear the wishes of...
BOULDER, Colo. -- Producers of Natural Products Expo West, the natural products industry's largest trade show, are working closely with a number of chain grocers, both natural and mainstream, to customize buying for...
MIAMI -- As the supermarket of the future takes on a decidedly more ethnic flavor, mainstream retailers would do well to emulate what independent grocers are doing to attract and retain Hispanic and Asian shoppers...
Shopability could be the key to why family-owned, independent Schnucks Markets, St. Louis, has succeeded in chasing larger chains out of town, or absorbing them."It is our responsibility to make the stores easy to...
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The newly renamed National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association here has released two new booklets: a planning guide and a point-of-sale catalog for 2002.Retailers can flip through the 18-page...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A private laboratory here tested 30 energy bar products for its review of the category, and found that most of them did not live up to claims made on their labels regarding calories, fats...
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Save-A-Lot is upgrading Center Store products and adding new labels as part of an overall effort to target a higher income demographic, executives of the fast-growing chain told SN in a recent...
The concept of a meal solution often conjures up the image of takeout or prepared foods, but retailers are increasingly incorporating Center Store items for quick preparation at home into the mix.Karen Meleta, a...
CLAYTON, Mo. -- To commemorate its centennial this year, Straub's Markets here worked with the Coca-Cola Co. to customize a nostalgic, 8-ounce bottle of Coke."We had them put our 100th anniversary logo on the bottles...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Dierbergs Markets here has released a new CD-ROM cookbook containing more than 1,900 recipes that the expanding, family-owned chain of 18 stores expects will help boost its Center Store sales...