JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a move designed to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs, Winn-Dixie Stores here implemented an online pharmacy service last month. Customers can use the Web-based service to submit...
BOULDER, Colo. -- To increase ordering accuracy on a store-specific basis, Wild Oats Markets here is announcing today that it is implementing a demand-based store ordering system that will be rolled out to all of its...
Beverages are hot, hot, hot. A slew of colorful, uniquely flavored and unusually marketed products have propelled the previously flagging beverage aisle forward with the force of a geyser. While the new entries may...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harris Teeter here is making data from a variety of its supply chain systems available via a wide-ranging, Web-based, collaborative logistics network to suppliers and transportation carriers also...
Grocers and other industry players agree: The future of private-label beverages, like so many other private-label categories, lies in establishing the products as strong quality brands through marketing, product...
Education is key in establishing a destination wine section, retailers say, and as more supermarkets develop their wine sections, wine stewards, sommeliers and in-store tastings are becoming increasingly common."The...
The potential for higher rings in the front end has retailers considering a broader mix of cross-over items like new portable breath fresheners and beverage coolers, but candy still spells sweet success for most."The...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Two weeks from now, the video industry's attention will turn to the East as its second-biggest trade show, the East Coast Video Show, takes place here from Oct. 8 to 10.Attendance has been...
DALLAS -- In what may be the first-ever test of electronic shelf labels at a convenience store, 7-Eleven here is evaluating the plastic shelf-pricing modules in its lab store in Plano, Texas.The c-store chain, with...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here has installed a state-of-the-art composting system at its Nashua, N.H., store. It is designed to compost organic waste on site, thereby cutting disposal costs while creating...