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SFA Promoting Salty Snacks Snack Food Association here, in conjunction with The National Potato Promotion Board, has developed a promotional program designed to boost the sales of salty snacks for Halloween.The associations have also developed a ...
News & Solutions Special Reportre of the supermarket industry is that it will look a lot different than the present.That's the easy part. The real issue is how each component of change will add up to give shape to the future.In some ways the...
BOSTON -- Retailers miss golden profit opportunities every day by failing to maximize food service-style sales at their deli counters, said a panel of experts at the recent New England Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association conference here. NEDDA is based...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here is revving up its engines for what a company executive is calling the largest consumer and merchandising promotion ever implemented in the retail grocery trade.The Food Lion NASCAR Super Fan Challenge, which...
WESTWOOD, Mass. -- Streamline here, perhaps the only company that delivers groceries when the consumer is not at home, will step up the efficiency of its order-receiving process in June when it begins accepting orders via the Internet.Currently, a...
DALLAS -- Produce executives who want to turn technology to their advantage could learn several lessons from an ancient treatise on war.That treatise, "The Art of War," was written nearly 2000 years ago by military philosopher Sun-Tzu, according...
Retailers on both coasts launched "Buck a Bag" promotions within weeks of each other, with produce and produce-related items on ad for a dollar.Vons Cos., Arcadia, Calif., announced the promotion in a circular with a headline reading "Buck a Bag...
HOUSTON -- Fourth-quarter periodicals sales increased 75% at a Gerland's Food Fair unit here due to an expanded and relocated book department.The section, moved to a front alcove, runs 60 feet, up from 24 feet. Formerly positioned in a lobby area...
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Moovies, a fast-growing video specialty chain based here, has sold its supermarket rack-jobbing division to video distributor Major Video Concepts, Indianapolis."We sold it to focus on our core business," said John Taylor...