GILROY, Calif. -- Nob Hill Foods here has established regular ongoing dialogue with shoppers by sharing weekly store specials via electronic mail.e company as well as store specials.Shoppers wishing to have weekly specials transmitted to their...
PHILADELPHIA -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., plans to equip all existing and future supercenters with in-store banks.The retailer will install bank branches in more than 100 supercenters scheduled to open in 1996. About half of Wal-Mart's...
QUINCY, Mass. -- At a time when video retailers are taking a stronger interest in "family appropriate" products, Stop & Shop has adopted the Kids First! video endorsement program.The retailer is the first supermarket chain known as a Kids First...
At a time when shopper loyalty seems to be at an all-time low, consumer affairs professionals are finding their roles more critical to supermarket strategies.As supermarket chains battle an increasing number of alternative format units for share...
MALVERN, Pa. -- Acme Markets here featured Halloween cakes and cupcakes in a full-page newspaper ad last week as a prelude to the larger opportunities for holiday bakery sales still on the horizon.ems were listed below. Ghosts, skeletons, pumpkins...
WASHINGTON -- The Southern Alliance of States' pilot program for a national electronic benefits transfer system has moved ahead with the designation of Citibank, New York, as the financial services agent.The U.S. Treasury's Financial Management...
SN REPORTK -- Is a 30% market-share solution in the cards for Super Kmart Centers, or is it an impossible dream?As reported last week, Dennis Carter, vice president of food at Super Kmart, Troy, Mich., told an industry group that supercenter...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Smith's Food & Drug Centers here said it has reached an agreement to lease its Riverside, Calif., distribution center and dairy facility to Ralphs Grocery Co., Compton, Calif.According to observers, the deal should generate...