Lisa Saxton

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Space constraints have forced Bel Air Markets here to take its count-good candy items off the front end and merchandise them on an end cap facing the checkstands.During a recent SN visit to...

Fall is falling earlier. Indeed, the water's scarcely drained from theneighborhood pool when retailers start stacking their shelves with Halloween candy. Are retailers rushing holiday seasons? Perhaps. Are they...

LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. -- Cub Foods' Georgia division here is testing modular bulk candy bins.Ken Lanhardt, director of produce and floral operations, said the modules are plastic with a dome lid and their own scoops...

WASHINGTON -- In what looks like another public relations thorn in the paw of Food Lion, Salisbury, N.C., Consumers United with Employees is claiming the chain not only sells outdated infant formula, but is slow in...

CHICAGO -- Grocers are well aware they're losing candy sales to other classes of trade. But do they know how and why? More importantly, do they know how to stem the tide?Brach & Brock Confections here, the country's...

STILLWATER, Minn. -- Candy takes center stage in a new test program at Cub Foods Stores here that places a convenience store within a supermarket.To pick up a candy bar, a pack of gum, a magazine or cigarettes...

BOSTON -- Stop & Shop here will introduce a line of premium private-label products under the Select label. The products will be supplied by Safeway, Oakland, Calif.According to Terry Vanderwater, Stop & Shop's...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The first 50below, a frozen food closeout store, is scheduled to open here next week.According to the owner, Charles Huber, the 3,000-square-foot unit will offer 125 stockkeeping units representing all...