SEATTLE -- Brand names are big in the food-service areas at Quality Food Centers' newest store here.The 66,000-square-foot unit that opened in University Village is packed with concepts that mix the chain's own...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The hubbub over home-meal replacement has supermarket deli executives -- and their bosses in upper management -- scrambling to revamp their in-store food services, wedge in new concepts and...
Rotisserie ovens can do more than roast chickens -- and they are.In fact, some retailers are using them, and other cooking equipment, to put a new spin on their food-service image.Supermarket food-service executives...
The face of catering is changing -- and supermarkets are nicely positioned to fit the profile.There is still a market for the traditional catered event, whether it's an elegant sit-down dinner at a metropolitan art...
In the crusade to bolster sagging sales, offering high quality, unique private-label products still appears to be a viable method for meat merchandisers who want to keep customers coming back.Retailers have...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- An abundance of self-service may be fast becoming the epitome of consumer convenience in supermarket prepared foods.But it's not so convenient for a retailer if hanging the program on self-service...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Things may be bigger out West, and at Safeway, that now goes for fresh rotisserie chickens, too.The chain, based here, is trying to boost its rotisserie-chicken business from the deli with a new...
In the drive to recapture sales from food-service operators, supermarket delis are appropriating their competitors' most obvious and effective marketing tool -- the menu.Both retailers and marketing consultants said...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Piazza's Fine Foods here is fighting deli counter gridlock by reconfiguring department staffing to better reflect traffic flow.The focus for the staffing initiative is the operator's fresh, made...
As the season for graduations and weddings gathers speed, the party tray business is booming, said retailers interviewed by SN.For supermarket party platters, however, the real trick to success is not getting into the...