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How do you attach a phone card to a fresh ham? Or a spice bottle, for that matter?Field Packaging Brands, Owensboro, Ky., found a solution to this dilemma for a recent on-pack promotion on its honey hams.The manufacturer was one of the first to...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Merchandising and advertising programs targeting Hispanic consumers can hoist sales and profits for chain retailers, panelists told attendees at the Mexican American Grocers Association's 12th annual marketing, sales and...
LOS ANGELES -- Certified Grocers of California here expects to increase sales by more than $1 billion over the next four years through a series of marketing and technology initiatives.Al Plamann, president and chief executive officer, said at the...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Funeral services were held here last week for George W. Jenkins Jr., founder and chairman emeritus of Publix Super Markets here.Well-known by his industry colleagues as a sharp entrepreneur with an abiding concern for his...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Anthony J. Cuti resigned last week as president of Pathmark Stores here to become chairman and chief executive officer of Duane Reade Inc., a New York-based, 59-unit drug store chain.Cuti will remain a member of Pathmark's...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After testing the waters, Harris Teeter here is pushing further afield with sushi bars.The 140-unit chain is set to open its fourth sushi bar in the Charlotte area within the next few weeks. That will make a total of seven sushi...
CLEVELAND -- The American Greetings Research Council here is analyzing vitamins, batteries, hair coloring and light bulbs to help find ways to modify consumer perceptions and subsequent shopping patterns. "Our goal is to study significant...
The ascendancy of value-added merchandising is making the meat department go vertical.Multideck self-service cases are creating new space for retailers who are otherwise hard-pressed to find room for more value-added and oven-ready items. It's a...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Driven by same-store sales growth, Food Lion here said sales and earnings advanced for the first quarter ended March 23.the quarter, Food Lion recorded a non-operating, noncash charge of $9.6 million because of an accounting...
ATLANTA -- The Kroger Co.'s division here is introducing a summer "Kroger Kids Culinary Camp" at its School of Cooking..m., according to a brochure produced by Kroger and distributed in stores here. The classes are scheduled for the week of June...