MIAMI -- Supermarkets can add packaged coffee to the long list of Center Store categories in which they are losing sales to mass merchandisers, according to a Wal-Mart Stores official."There is a big move in the sale...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- One-day sales usually do wonders for moving inventory in department stores, but Haggen here has found that they also can help stir wine volume.The company ran a one-day, 12-hour wine sale, in...
The tide has turned in the detergent category, with liquid laundry detergent sales now surpassing powders, especially in urban and cosmopolitan markets.And while powders still hold a sizable edge in many smaller and...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Big Y Foods here has targeted rice as a destination department and vehicle to grow Center Store sales.For the past two years, Big Y has been adding Rice of the World departments -- featuring over...
MALVERN, Pa. -- Acme Markets here used a Sunday newspaper freestanding insert to tout its double-coupon policy and increase the sales of Colgate-Palmolive soaps, detergents and household cleaners.The FSI ad, which...
MIAMI -- Retailers need to stock a wider variety of coffee and install coffee bars that offer that freedom of choice if they are to succeed in getting the Generation-X shopper to pick coffee as a favorite drink, said...
El Nino is affecting Center Store on everything from soup to nuts.While most of the attention has been focused on the damage to crops and property in the wake of El Nino-induced flooding, hurricanes, blizzards and...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here has made dinner planning easier with a new meal solutions program.Meal Idea! features Center Store and other products that can be assembled for a complete meal, including main dish, side...
ATLANTA -- When tornadoes caused death and destruction through central Florida last month, A&P stores in this market organized a food drive to assist the homeless.The drive was done in conjunction with WSB, the local...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- ABC Fine Wine & Spirits here is expanding its selection of gourmet food to include upscale soft drinks.ABC, which operates 170 wine and liquor stores in Florida and is the nation's largest liquor...
