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QFC NUDGES OUT PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL VENDORS
Oct 07, 2002
SEATTLE -- The QFC chain, based in Bellevue, Wash., has eliminated or drastically cut back on local vendors' products, reportedly telling one that the chain wants to deal only with national brands that pay slotting...
THE FUNCTIONAL FACTION
Oct 07, 2002
While many manufacturers are getting into the functional foods business, retailers polled by SN differed on whether consumer demand for foods that have been fortified or otherwise made healthier is holding up.One area...
HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Sep 30, 2002
Retailers are looking to holiday promotions to spur on the biggest time of the year for wine and spirits, if not for beer, which sells best during the summer."The holidays provide a major opportunity. Obviously...
7-ELEVEN INTRODUCES BEVERAGE SET FOR KIDS
Sep 23, 2002
DALLAS -- 7-Eleven here has introduced a new kids' beverage set into a little more than half of its stores nationwide. This month marks the first time that customers can see a row of novelty beverages targeted to...
'FINE FOOD FROM ISRAEL' TO APPEAR THIS FALL
Sep 16, 2002
NEW YORK -- A "Fine Food From Israel" campaign, developed with the guidance of Zohar Peri, Israel's economic minister to North America, will appear in 15 to 20 supermarket chains and kosher independents in the United...
COLD COMFORT
Sep 16, 2002
The growing offerings in the frozen dinners and entrees segment, the largest within the frozen food category, continue to reflect the latest trends, which include growth in natural and organic arenas and changes in...
QUORN SEES DEMAND INCREASE DESPITE CONTROVERSY
Sep 09, 2002
RIVERSIDE, Conn. -- Quorn Foods here, under fire from the Center for Science in the Public Interest for reported illness by consumers, is nevertheless seeing increased demand for its relatively new mycoprotein-based...
IN THE MIX
Sep 02, 2002
Retailers are positioning ethnic candy as a destination for selective candy shoppers by separating it out, keeping the ethnic group to itself, as this segment -- especially Hispanic and Asian varieties -- grows along...
ETHNIC CHOICES: WHO LIKES WHAT BEST
Sep 02, 2002
Retailers intent on micromarketing can avail themselves of specific data from a number of sources, such as Information Resources Inc., Chicago, and ACNielsen, Schaumburg, Ill. Both market research firms use...
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