NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. -- Acme Markets of Virginia here is boosting sales in the dry grocery aisles with a program designed to routinely shake up the product mix, category by category.The 11-store operator has instituted...
ATLANTA -- Winn-Dixie's division here ran a single-vendor themed ad promoting snack foods tied in to the new football season in an ongoing effort to offer brand name grocery items at more competitive prices, said Ken...
Starting with the delightfully ghoulish Halloween season, bulk candy sales are going to go bump in the night. And it's a bump that, at its seasonal peaks, can have retailers seeing double, or better, when it comes to...
This month, seven supermarket chains across the country are letting dietitians loose in their grocery aisles to promote healthier eating, in a program called the Eating Smarter Cart Makeover.The chains -- Hannaford...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here is planning to market premium store-brand pet foods, which could deal another blow to the supermarket industry's already-staggering pet food aisle.The mass merchandise chain...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Xtra Super Food Centers here has developed its own demonstration team to sample grocery products on a weekly basis.The program allows Xtra to bring a sales-driven orientation and uniform...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie's Orlando division here has doubled its front-end candy sales by adding special merchandising baskets at the checkouts."They're attached to the top of the racks; they're right on top of the...
Premium chocolates, by the bar or the box, are fattening up the gross margins and upscale images of retailers who make room for them in their grocery stores. Often associated with specialty shops and department stores...
The supermarket industry is rousing itself from the comfy merchandising attitude that has come from being the leader in candy sales volume. In many cases, operators have been getting truly proactive for the first time...
Candy. Say that word to supermarket retailers and they may sigh wistfully, harking back to the good old days when competitors from the modern age weren't gobbling a chunk of their business, and when a 30% margin was...
