WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores finally has entered the arena of premium private label.The chain is introducing a 15-item, distinctively packaged Pathmark Preferred line throughout its stores in the New York...
HEALDSBURG, Calif. -- Wine is not ketchup. Or is it? That determination is not as simple to make as it may sound, at least when it comes to selling wine in supermarkets.The thing is, some of the best wine...
DENVER -- Marlboro Friday is still reverberating.The wholesale and retail industry continues to feel negative effects from that day, April 2, 1993, when Philip Morris launched a major discount promotion for its top...
Oklahoma City -- For Fleming Cos., promoting frozen food requires a balance between a global, corporate philosophy and the ground-level needs of diverse markets."I've got 25 different personalities, or more...
No frozen food department is an island, especially when it comes to promotions. Indeed, if you stuck today's most successful retail and wholesale philosophies for frozen food promotion under a microscope, you'd be...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Harris Teeter chain here is a strong fresh-foods retailer -- and that presents a tough challenge to the frozen foods department, said Larry Nivens, director of grocery, dairy and frozen foods.In...
Supermarket prices for coffee are heading upward in the wake of frost damage to coffee growing areas in Brazil.While the full extent of the damage had not yet been disclosed, major roasters Procter & Gamble and Kraft...
CHICAGO -- Efficient Consumer Response may be the roadmap but, ultimately, each retailer and wholesaler will have to find its own route to more efficient operations, said executives from some of the trailblazers of...
Time's up. Are your private labels ready?As of yesterday, most food products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration were required to carry new nutritional labeling information mandated by the Nutrition Labeling...
NEW ORLEANS -- Most U.S. supermarket chains sorely lack the skills and mind-set needed to propel their store-brand penetration over the 30% mark in total store distribution by the end of the decade.So says a top...