DENVER -- Safeway has extended its Safeway Select Gourmet Club brand to cover healthier meal options in the frozens case.The chain has been rolling out a line of frozen dinners for two under its Eating Right label...
The mouth-watering aroma of pies baking evokes memories of holidays past for many consumers. Indeed, it is this sense of tradition that retailers hope will take precedence over the economy, world affairs, and even the...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Customer-driven merchandising programs are quickly becoming standard for progressive retailers looking to capture and keep customers, operators said at the Multi-Channel Strategies for...
New products are often the fuel that fires sales at supermarkets. They spark excitement, build trial and generate volume.That is -- if they're on the shelf. SN recently went undercover in New York's borough of...
In 1953, frozen foods epitomized convenience. Now, 50 years later, the category needs to thaw its image as products strive to remain relevant to time-pressed shoppers.With sales basically flat except for certain...
Like real politics, everyone has their own opinion in deciding how to market organic and natural foods. Some segregate them from the total store; others totally integrate items with conventional choices; and still...
ATLANTA -- Fruitopia is no utopia for Coca-Cola.The beverage giant announced it is phasing out the line of stand-alone, noncarbonated juice drinks in the United States, and consolidating four flavors into its Minute...
In late August, most people think about going back to work or school.Not retailers. They've learned it doesn't pay to wait on building year-end promotion plans. Soft drink makers, brewers, spirits manufacturers and...
CALISTOGA, Calif. -- Wines from Spain are selling better than their French counterparts in supermarkets, according to a new report examining sales figures for the first half of 2003 -- a period that included the...
Frozen dinners aren't just for dinner anymore.Entrees, which tally $6 billion in annual sales, are also being consumed as after-school snacks by kids, fast office lunches by their parents, and quick pick-me-ups by...