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...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Private label usually offers consumers a better value, but not when it comes to paper towels, according to an article in Consumer Reports.National-brand paper towels, including the Kleenex Viva brand...
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...
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...
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...
MAULDIN, S.C. -- Bi-Lo here is using its private-label pegged candy program to determine what types of candy should be added to the department.Carol Ensley, private-brands manager at Bi-Lo, told SN the chain is...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- Astute retailers can significantly increase their candy department sales by sampling products, said an official with a leading fudge manufacturer.Speaking last month at the Philadelphia...
