Karen Raugust

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MIND MATTERS
Mar 01, 2007
IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST LITERAL DEFINITION of Food for Thought a retailer will ever hear. But no matter how it's expressed, the phrase explains the high level of consumer interest in supplements that enhance mental...
SPECIAL NEEDS: SERVING THE NICHE CONSUMER
Dec 01, 2006
MAINSTREAM SUPERMARKETS have traditionally strived to be all things to all people. In the age of health and wellness, however, it pays to specialize a little. The number of products catering to consumers with special...
BUG BUDDIES: THE EMERGING ROLE OF PROBIOTICS
Dec 01, 2006
PROBIOTIC FOODS are among the brightest rising stars in the functional food category. Products containing these bacteria promote intestinal health, boost immunity and enable lactose-intolerant people to consume...
A PREMIUM ON TASTE
Apr 24, 2006
The frozen aisle is starting to sizzle again, thanks to upscale entrees with healthful and exotic ingredients.Innovation on the high end of the category is helping reverse recent sales declines. Empty-nest baby...
SUPERVALU: TURNAROUND EXPECTED IN FISCAL 2003
Jul 02, 2001
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week restructuring efforts in its retail and distribution segments are moving forward, with a complete turnaround anticipated in fiscal 2003.At the company's annual meeting...
CALL TO ACTION
Apr 30, 2001
Sales of prepaid long-distance calling cards in supermarkets are growing as the products are increasingly accepted by mainstream consumers. Supermarkets remain behind drug stores, mass merchants and other retailers...
UNTRIED CONNECTIONS
Apr 23, 2001
Emerging prepaid products offer supermarkets the chance to offer grocery shoppers new services.Although few supermarkets have experimented with prepaid products aside from traditional long-distance calling cards, most...
HOT PROPERTIES?
Mar 19, 2001
NEW YORK -- When it comes to investing in licensed properties this season, supermarket buyers will tread cautiously on rather uncertain ground.This follows a less than stellar preview of licensed goods presented at...
PERFECT PARTNERS
Dec 18, 2000
Licensed snack food brands made into children's learning books that are merchandised in the cereal or candy aisle sounds like the perfect synergy between food and nonfood merchandising. However, publishers have found...
FAIRVIEW HEALTHWISE CLINIC OPENS IN LUNDS UNIT
Sep 18, 2000
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Lund Food Holdings, Edina, Minn., opened last week the Fairview Healthwise Clinic in its Lunds Uptown store, located in south Minneapolis.The launch represents one component of a wide-ranging...
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