TORRANCE, Calif. -- Bristol Farms, a four-unit gourmet food retailer here, recently opened one new store and plans to build at least two more.The new store opened in Woodland Hills, Calif., said Louis Kwicker, chairman and chief executive officer...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here is accelerating the rate of bank branch installations with plans to more than triple the number of stores offering the service.'s stores. The branches, most of which occupy about 400 square feet and are similar in...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Interactivity features of Price Chopper Supermarkets' World Wide Web site will be enhanced when the chain activates direct links between recipes and home shopping and delivery services.Recipes published in the chain's Chopper...
Family video rentals are getting more merchandising attention in supermarkets. Video executives are looking more closely at how they present family-oriented movies and other videos in their departments. Many retailers organize them into separate...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- In an effort to decentralize management, Pathmark Stores here has reorganized its store operations group. Instead of two operating divisions, the company has created five marketing areas to serve approximately 30 stores each in...
Costs tied to staff turnover and training continue to rise, but to keep the expense in check, retailers and wholesalers are turning to more sophisticated hiring technologies and practices.Distributors are embracing automated systems and...
ST. LOUIS -- Van de Kamp's here has entered an agreement to acquire the Mrs. Paul's frozen seafood business from Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J.The sale would not include any of Campbell's manufacturing operations. Van de Kamp's would produce...
The front end continues to "open up" for retailers of all sizes and information systems budgets. Even those companies whose capital outlay plan allows only for limited upgrades and interfaces in 1996 say personal computer point-of-sale systems are...
ATLANTA -- Turner Home Entertainment here has created a new home video label, Cartoon Network Video. The new brand will be a banner for the company's premium sell-through collections of new and classic cartoons. The first releases to feature the...