Tortillas, beverages and canned vegetables are some of the many ethnic items that have found new favor among an audience that routinely borrows products from various ethnic groups. Retailers understand that growing...
CHICAGO -- Display presence is mandatory for summer beer sales, and Thursday through Sunday are the key days, according to David "Bump" Williams, senior vice president, client services and global consulting, with...
Bill Brady, manager of a small Key Food store in Forest Hills, N.Y., has 12-packs and 18-packs in the back part of the store. Single bottles are sold warm in one of the center aisles, with no special displays, ever...
BLASDELL, N.Y. -- About 80 members of the frozen food and grocery industry gathered at a dinner here last month to honor Bob Mueller, retired frozen food and dairy director of Tops Friendly Markets, Williamsville, who...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Following the smashing success of Trader Joe's two-dollar varietal wines last year, Safeway and Fred Meyer stores here and Raley's Bel Air Markets in Northern California have launched inexpensive...
"Merchandising" comes from the word "merchant," or one who knows his customers well and meets their needs. Typically, for a retailer it means how the goods are offered for sale, what sort of display is used to attract...
Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets, headquartered in Carlisle, Pa., ran their first children's story hour linked to National Frozen Food Month this month, with Tony's Pizza and Green's Philly Swirl ice cream...
CHICAGO -- The Greater Chicago Food Depository, one of the largest food banks in the country, kicked off its annual Hunger Knows No Season promotion March 2 with five food retailers here. Last year, grocery stores and...
Retailers' natural and organic sections, as well as their lines of in-house organic groceries, are growing in response to consumer interest.The segment boasts a 14% annual increase in growth, and it carries with it...
CHICAGO -- Privileged-label, or corporate-brand beer, as they call it, is the latest wave in retailers' own brand products, up 10.9% in dollar sales for the year ended Dec. 29, 2002, and totaling $4.5 million in a...