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CHICAGO The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has rounded up new food and beverage partners for cross promotions scheduled for supermarkets this year. The trade group's summer-grilling campaign will conduct a number of retail promotions with...
LAKELAND, Fla. Publix Super Markets has introduced an attractively packaged, colorful bouquet aimed at catching the attention of Hispanic customers. The medium-sized bouquets are sourced pre-packaged in colorful, durable sleeves that bear the...
Supervalu, rooted in America's heartland, faced a culture shock with its $12.4 billion purchase of Albertsons' prize assets. The acquisition last year catapulted Supervalu from a traditional Midwest distributor that did 50% of its annual sales in...
ST. LOUIS -- Schnuck Markets here has lowered prices on more than 10,000 items in 68 stores in the St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., markets, becoming the latest grocery chain to adopt an everyday-low-price stance in the face of new competition.
CHARLESTON, S.C. A number of supermarkets are lining up at the table for a chance to enter the meals assembly business. Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. here has reached an agreement with Dream Dinners that will make it the first supermarket chain to...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P's "no gimmicks" stand on Thanksgiving turkey promotions gobbled away sales gains among A&P's Northeast banners during its fiscal third quarter, the retailer here said Tuesday.
COPPELL, Texas Minyard Food Stores here said last week it has signed an agreement to outsource its warehouse and distribution functions to Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan., as part of its transformation strategy to build on its...
Retailers are courting Hispanic shoppers with in-store demonstrations, parking lot parties, charitable events and even religious shrines. Whether conducted by bilingual store associates or third-party merchandisers, the events are being hosted by...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Nearly 200 billion advertising pages carrying 253 billion coupons were delivered by freestanding inserts in Sunday newspapers in 2006, according to a new report from Marx Promotion Intelligence/TNS Media Intelligence here.
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Vons Grocery Co. here, the Southern California division of Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., has reintroduced double couponing for the month of January at stores in Los Angeles and Orange counties but not in Nevada and central...
