There's grumbling out in the candy manufacturing community about whether the industry needs two American Wholesale Marketers Association conventions, and about the burden of exhibiting at both.David Strachan, AWMA's...
After watching mass merchandisers nibble away at their gondola candy sales, supermarkets are attempting to bite back -- with peggable candy products.The pegged products run the gamut of the category, from premium...
Retailers already are feeling the effect of a frost that damaged coffee crops in Brazil -- and consumers soon will be.Supermarket executives contacted by SN last week said the jump in wholesale prices brought on by...
NEW YORK -- If you want your private-label advertising to work, keep the message simple and direct, said consumers on a focus group panel.The consumers -- 10 women ranging in age from the 30s to the 50s -- were...
The workhorse categories of aluminum foil and plastic food wraps will gallop to a more prominent position in grocery ads and promotions this summer.Retailers interviewed by SN about food wrap sections said this is a...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- Based upon the success of its first-ever broadcast variety show, A&P here plans to use television productions to promote its private-label brands at least once a year.The hourlong television program...
Multipack cases are taking the lead in supermarket soda sales, upping the ante on the category's "give 'em more for less" promotional appeal, and leaving six-packs and 2-liter bottles in the dust.Retailers contacted...
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Vons Cos. here has introduced the first items -- cookies and soda -- in a new line of premium private-label products under the Vons Select label. Stretching its private-label business out to...
HOUSTON -- Randall's Food Markets here has teamed up with a leading gourmet coffee supplier in a merchandising program for the growing specialty coffee category.Randall's will make available a full line of flavored...
Ask retailers why private label made gains in top grocery categories such as cereal, soda and diapers last year, and they'll probably offer a simple answer, like this one:"It all boils down to price and quality .....
