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VERNON, Calif. -- Looking beyond its strong Western base and recent entry into Florida, Smart & Final here plans to expand into Puerto Rico sometime in 1997, the company told SN last week. The company is also considering sites in Texas, Chicago...
DALLAS -- The Produce Marketing Association demonstrated a preliminary version of a CD-ROM training program amid the technological advances on display at the association's FreshTech 96 conference here earlier this month.Aimed at entry-level...
ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- Fuji here has unveiled a World Wide Web site dedicated to the photo industry's new Advance Photo System. The site, called "Smart City," contains news and information about the APS. Specific topics include the different types of...
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets can increase their beer sales by concentrating on premium brands and expanding their refrigerated selling space, according to the head of the nation's second-largest brewer."We suggest that retailers not stock too many...
PHILADELPHIA -- As retailers gear up to offer customers meal solutions, they should not forget to bring sandwiches to the table, according to Al Lovi, deli specialist at Columbus Distributing Co., San Francisco.A sandwich can be a meal that's both...
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Cowles Enthusiast Media, Stamford, Conn., has changed the title of Early American Life to Early American Homes, according to Robert Castardi, president of Curtis Circulation here, which distributes the periodical.this month at...
Category management for frozens is generating extra profit dollars and promoting overall efficiency for Randalls Food Markets, Houston.h.In vegetables, Kemp said, Randalls was able to fine-tune ads to target customer differences in both aisles...
BOSTON -- Retailers in Vermont, the only state that requires special labeling for dairy products that contain milk stimulating hormones, are a little disgruntled."[They] don't like the law and wish it would go away," said Jim Harrison, president...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here said its transition to larger stores helped fuel sales and earnings increases for the third quarter and 40 weeks ended April 3.$3.04 billion for the quarter and 11.7% to $9.9 billion for the 40 weeks...
Recycled Paper Adds Lines per Greetings here has introduced five new card lines printed on recycled paper. The lines are Kiss of the Sun, which features watercolor designs with inspirational quotes; Broadway Express, blank cards for personal...