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...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Jacksonville, Fla., reintroduced McCormick/ Schilling Spices to consumers in this city, the newest battlefield for the supermarket giant.In a full-page ad featuring an...
When it comes to the heart of the candy aisle, you can't box in chocolates, no matter how elaborate bulk candy programs become.While the growth of nonchocolate has outpaced chocolate over the last few years, chocolate...
PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- The Mad Butcher Supermarkets here has instituted a Candy & Snack Carnival promotion, which has proven to be a sane approach to competing with mass merchandisers for candy sales.The nine-store...
PORT JEFFERSON STATION, N.Y. -- Advantage Stores, the new club-like supermarket here, is off to an impressive start, operating at a 5% higher margin than anticipated.Brian Robinson, Advantage's president, said the...
Lost in the hubbub of the low-fat, no-fat craze is its quieter and older cousin, the diet and sugar-free sector. Aided by better taste, sugar-free products are seemingly everywhere, though most of the action these...
AVON, Mass. -- Consumers want to buy baby accessories at supermarkets. However, do supermarkets carry the items consumers want to buy?That's not often the case, according to executives with The First Years here...
Infant formula, so important in drawing the young mother into the store, is also one of the more complex segments in the baby aisle.Not only do retailers generally sell formula at cost, but the category also falls...
MINNEAPOLIS -- The idea of a one-aisle shopping experience for baby and toddler needs was evident in two chains SN visited here last month.In an area where Byerly's and Lunds strut their upscale stuff, SN found...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tops Markets here is using a new tactic to get the young mother into its stores: a "Baby Care Sale."For the week of July 23, the company featured baby essentials in its circular. Under the baby care...