Some retailers are luring children and their parents into the produce department with a newly developed toy merchandising program that promotes fruits and vegetables.Vegetable Friends, developed by Toybox Creations...
With summertime at hand, retailers interviewed by SN said they are relying on holidays in planning their bakery merchandising strategies to keep sales from wilting.Holidays such as Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and...
FORT LEE, N.J. -- A new Food Emporium here boasts that chain's largest produce department to date, one that sports new sections and expanded variety.Among the new merchandising emphases for the chain represented in...
SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here had shoppers wading in "The World's Largest Bowl of Guacamole," during a promotion at one of its supermarkets sponsored by the chain and the California Avocado Commission...
CORNWALL, Ontario -- Farm Boy Fresh Market, an independent operator based here, is reaching for a piece of market share with a large, powerful produce format that owners Normand, Daniel and Jean-Louis Bellemare claim...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Wholesaler Supervalu, Minneapolis, is chasing after greater sales in produce and other fresh departments with a revamped Foodland Fresh format, the latest version of which opened here about a...
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- With the federal government likely to start peering at the safety procedures of the produce industry through a microscope, some retailers are exploring the feasibility of Hazard Analysis...
Private labeling is growing in produce and especially in the category of salad mixes, say industry experts, because retailers are searching for greater control of their departments and better ways to increase their...
NEWARK, Del. -- While the Produce for Better Health Foundation here hopes to officially kick off its 5 a Day Regional Partnership Program this summer, officials say retail interest so far has been rather slow in...
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Bashas' Markets here is taking a step toward merchandising more meal solutions in its produce department by experimenting with a program that matches fresh produce to spices.In a store in Fountain...