CHICAGO -- An informal survey of exhibitors at the nineteenth annual PLMA show held here last month turned up some new partnerships between vendors and retailers.For example, Tetley USA's private-label division, based in Marietta, Ga., will be...
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A group of private-label brokers failed here in a legal action aimed at forcing Wakefern Food Corp. to end a private-label brokerage arrangement.The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, upheld a lower court's...
Food wholesalers are looking for "creative solutions" to solve the imminent business challenges of the second half of 1998. or nonexistent food inflation. In addition, they are losing customers to the trend toward consolidation that is sweeping...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Associated Wholesale Grocers here outlined a theme of "investing for the future" in explaining unusual expenditures and reduced earnings."Investments in technology and operations, vital to the company and our members' future...
WILTON, Conn. -- The supermarket industry's two strongest electronic shelf-label vendors, Electronic Retailing Systems here and Telepanel Systems, Markham, Ontario, shocked the industry once again when they announced March 17 that their planned...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Associated Wholesale Grocers here said it has signed new three-year agreements with two Teamster locals that include language stating both sides pledge to work to improve their relationship.The new contracts -- which cover...
FARMINGTON, Pa. -- Meat's role in society is changing, and so must its role in supermarkets, to respond to outside forces ranging from food safety to environmental activism, said a panel of retailers at the National Broiler Council Marketing...
FARMINGTON, Pa. -- From tackling the competition and mastering the game of home-meal replacement, to attracting good employees, a panel of retail meat managers at the Broiler Marketing Seminar, held here by the National Broiler Council, Washington...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Grocery retailer-owned wholesalers outperformed the food industry and inflation in 1995, according to a report released at the National Grocers Association Executive Conference here.ide growth in that period. The 30 co-ops...
Consistent, high-quality products that exceed national brand standards are essential to creating a successful premium private-label program, retailers told SN."We do an excellent job with Master Choice," said Harold Berthold, director of grocery...