Lisa Saxton

ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. here orchestrated an in-store sampling event throughout retail member units of a dozen branded grocery items, in a joint program with Family Circle Magazine.The event, entitled ...

CHICAGO -- Helene Curtis here is making a run for a share of the baby care category with the rollout of a new line of Suave Baby Care products later this month.The line of baby products includes shampoos, powders, oil...

Supermarket profits and sales continue to slip in the baby aisle because of stiff competition from other classes of trade battling for the young parents' dollar.Important categories are hurting in the aisle, according...

WASHINGTON -- The distribution business is changing, and convenience is the key.Retailers want the convenience of dealing with fewer suppliers, and they want those suppliers to offer more convenience products...

HOUSTON -- Rice Food Markets here has given its bulk candy a merchandising face-lift with new upright product fixtures.The new fixtures have replaced the use of tables for displaying bulk candy in the company's Rice...

ST. LOUIS -- Schnuck Markets here is bulking up by scaling down. The chain fully redesigned its bulk foods, establishing a more compact department that is able to offer a wider variety of products -- 400 items, in...

QUINCY, Ill. -- A Supervalu retailer here sold more than 2,000 cases of E. J. Brach's Pick-a-Mix candy from a single store in a three-week period.The retailer, Niemann Foods here, sold the candy as part of E.J. Brach...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- It's time to put the pop back in the chunk bubble gum category.Retailers have been chewing on a flat market for years, despite a constant parade of new bubble gum flavors from suppliers. But now the...