NEW YORK -- D'Agostino Supermarkets here has launched a high-visibility advertising campaign touting its fresh foods and gourmet credentials.The ads also seek to tie the local chain closely with New York City, where...
WEST LINN, Ore. -- A renovation of the West Linn Thriftway here has created a predominantly fresh market, creating a groundswell of support from customers for ready-to-cook prepared meat entrees, and international...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Food Lion has made its first serious foray into the home-meal replacement market at its newest and largest store here.The more than 56,000-square-foot unit, opened Nov. 13, stresses freshness...
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Insalaco Markets in northeastern Pennsylvania has established prime locations for grab-and-go meals in the fresh foods alley.A combination of multistation delis, large in-store bakeries and spacious...
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. -- Supermarkets can exert a powerful influence in the creation of a new fresh meals industry, according to a food manufacturer working with some chains on their home-meal replacement strategies.But...
SAN ANTONIO -- In a test scheduled to begin in early 1997, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here will incorporate units of a popular Tex-Mex restaurant into two expanded and remodeled stores.The Taco Cabanas will be built inside...
Orlando, Fla. -- Red Lobster, the nation's largest dinner house restaurant chain, last month cut its prices, increased entree portions and jazzed up its menu with new dishes the company hopes will boost traffic.The...
NEW YORK -- Just when supermarket retailers had become accustomed to quick-serve restaurant chain Boston Market grabbing a hunk of their business, another home meal replacement chicken is emerging ready to start...
When is a cookie not a cookie? When it's a marketing tool.In fact, just handing out a few cookies seems to be one of the primary methods supermarket bakeries use to attract children -- and, more importantly, their...
NEW YORK -- In its continued rapid expansion, Boston Market has rolled out a new service format here designed to move customers through its lines faster at peak hours.The fast-growing home meal replacement chain's New...