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MILLBROOK TO DISTRIBUTE SHURFINE HBC
Mar 31, 1997
LEICESTER, Mass. -- Millbrook Distribution Services here will begin shipping private-label health and beauty care to some 40 wholesalers under a distribution agreement signed with Shurfine International, Chicago, last...
R-RATED GRADED HIGH, BUT CAUTION IS ADVISED
Mar 24, 1997
Supermarket video departments remain firmly committed to renting R-rated videos, but they are finding various ways to avoid offending customers who may object to material deemed unsuitable for a supermarket setting...
KROGER, WEGMANS BLENDING IN NATURISTICS COSMETICS LINE
Mar 24, 1997
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- About 200 Kroger stores and 50 Wegmans stores are adding the Naturistics line of cosmetics to their health and beauty care sections.The Kroger Marketing Area here is giving the Naturistics line...
TIMED CAPSULES
Mar 17, 1997
Supermarkets are finding the blush of profits associated with the release of prescription to over-the-counter products is short-lived, especially in a competitive category like analgesics.More than one year ago...
FDA'S OTC LABELING PROPOSAL IS WELCOMED
Mar 17, 1997
Several pharmacy organizations expressed their strong support for the Food and Drug Administration's proposals to make over-the-counter medicine labels easier to read and more inclusive of pharmacists.Among other...
DELIVERING MORE
Mar 10, 1997
Distribution is still the heart of the drug wholesaling business, but it is no longer its soul.Wholesalers today are under pressure to compete in a consolidated marketplace. Managed care is putting the focus on cost...
NEW FINESSE ENTERS CROWDED SHAMPOO SET
Feb 24, 1997
NEW YORK -- Supermarket buyers such as Pete Gassenberger, director of pharmacy and health and beauty care for Consumers Food and Drug, a 20-store Midwest chain, admit that the shampoo field is overcrowded.But he will...
TOY STORY OF '97 TO TELL A TALE OF MODEST GROWTH
Feb 17, 1997
NEW YORK -- With another Tickle Me Elmo, this could be a smiling year for the toy industry.In any event, projections for 1997 are that toys should continue to sell at the modest level set last year."I anticipate that...
SHAW'S IS COMPOUNDING MORE PHARMACIES
Feb 17, 1997
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Through acquisition and growth, Shaw's Supermarkets, based here, is continuing to expand its pharmacy business, with four more supermarket pharmacies opening by the end of March. Shaw's will...
UP TO 40 NEW PHARMACIES PRESCRIBED BY A&P FOR 1997
Feb 10, 1997
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here continues to add pharmacies, with possibly 40 slated to open this year in new and remodeled stores, according to Michael Rourke, corporate affairs spokesman.A&P is remodeling many of its...
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