ST. LOUIS -- Despite the fact that it's on the auction block, Eagle Snacks here is aiming to triple its sales in the coming year.According to David Poldoian, Eagle's president, the snack food maker has its sights set...
CLEVELAND -- When it comes to doing business in Cleveland these days, nothing seems as important as Cleveland Indians baseball. Indeed, even in supermarkets, displays of Indians T-shirts, hats and pennants are...
ST. LOUIS -- Beech-Nut Nutrition here is beating a better-for-your-baby bongo, with an independent study as backup.In September, the baby food manufacturer ran an advertisement in the major markets it serves, citing a...
Baby wipes are proving to be quite the tidy little product for some retailers, bringing in decent margins and reaching an expanding consumer base. But others are wary of the category's shrinking margins due to heavy...
RADNOR, Pa. -- In conjunction with the introduction of its liquid Bonamil formula, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories here ran a newspaper ad that mentioned many of the country's top supermarket chains.The cooperative ad...
PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here reached out to area families as the presenting sponsor of the city's first Baby Faire.Similar events, held in Boston and Philadelphia, are sponsored in part by Stop & Shop and Genuardi...
If the soup category was a television serial, the latest cliffhanger might go something like this: Is this the end of soup concentrates? Will no-fat soup slip off its growth perch? Can soup survive the dastardly...
Retailers are discovering it's not enough to toss candy on the checkouts and wait for automatic, impulse-driven sales.Fact is, many chains have come to realize that creative merchandising and a tweaking of product mix...
STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- Copps Corp. here has "bulked" up its candy business to the tune of more than 300 items.According to Mimi Peck, grocery buyer, Copps introduced a bulk candy department in its newest store in...
STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- Copps Corp. here has adopted a natural foods strategy aimed at mitigating the impending arrival of a Whole Foods Market.Copps' 14th natural foods department, in the chain's recently opened...
