NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Champagne was among the items included in the 1998 Food Network's Cooking Across America: The Chefs of TV Tour, co-sponsored by Lucky Stores.A sold-out crowd of 1,250 at the Sutton Place Hotel...
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...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here is deepening its commitment to the growing specialty beer category by test-marketing an ale imported from Belgium in several dozen of its Virginia and North Carolina stores.Food Lion...
Shelf-stable concentrates are expanding in the juice aisle.Products from Welch's, Mott's and Ocean Spray are increasingly finding favor with both consumers and retailers. Several retailers have had to expand the space...
WASHINGTON -- Ice cream and Center Store products are going to heat up the aisles this summer for the annual Cool Combinations frozen-food campaign.Cool Combinations is a summertime promotion created by the...
Many retailers are looking to turn their salty snack aisle into a "destination category" by linking it with soft drinks and other beverages.Among the major retailers testing the cross merchandising concept are...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here participated in the annual Virginia Department of Agriculture's Virginia's Finest campaign, netting a 1997 Commissioner's Award in the process.The annual promotion is coordinated by...
WASHINGTON -- More "functional foods" -- products that are vitamin-fortified to help prevent disease -- are expected to find their way to supermarket shelves in 1998, the head of the Grocery Manufacturers of America...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here teamed with "The Old Gray Lady" in a promotion designed to perk up sales of its Eight O'Clock coffee brand.Shoppers at A&P stores in the New York metropolitan area who purchased a bag of...
Old-fashioned candies, the venerable mainstays of the candy aisle, have never been healthier.Although rarely -- if ever -- advertised or promoted, items like Necco Wafers, Canada Mints, Goldenberg's Peanut Chews...