Supermarkets are spiking their general merchandise revenues with special off-shelf displays and promotions of food storage containers.General merchandise buyers surveyed by SN said they are using large pallet...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- Petrini Markets here is completing the cutback of its nonfood lines in a move to expand into larger food departments and better distinguish itself in the marketplace.Petrini's decision, which was...
PRICHARD, Ala. -- Autry Greer & Sons' expansion of its health and beauty care departments at the beginning of this year has resulted in a 10% increase in sales.The expansion has been rolled out chainwide at all 39...
Supermarkets are fine-tuning their magazine mix at the checkout to spice up sales at this high-impulse movement location.Part of the recipe includes peppering checkstands with special-interest magazines devoted to...
SYRACUSE N.Y. -- Penn Traffic Co. here has instituted an aggressive cross-merchandising and advertising program for food-storage containers in an effort to increase incremental sales in the impulse-driven category...
DANVERS, Mass. -- Light bulbs sold in shrink-wrapped multipacks can help supermarkets compete against alternative formats in this competitive category. The multipacks are designed to stimulate higher impulse shelf...
CHICAGO -- Kroger doubled the sales of refrigerated puddings and pasta products at three of its Cincinnati marketing area stores by cross-merchandising the products at grocery aisles.The sales results surfaced in a...
SWEETWATER, Texas -- General merchandise sales have been boosted by 5% to 10% at the 19-unit Lawrence Bros. supermarket chain with new permanent Dollar Day Depot departments.The everyday Dollar Day Depots, packed with...
SEATTLE -- Larry's Markets here reports success selling an assortment of telephone pagers that retail at three price points.The four-store chain is selling between four and nine pagers a week, primarily to parents and...
CHICAGO -- Attracting and promoting diversity in the work force "is not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do," Liz Minyard, co-chairwoman of Minyard Food Stores, Coppell, Texas, said here.Minyard...