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WASHINGTON -- The Glass Packaging Institute has called for entries for the 1996 Clear Choice Awards. The awards program, now in its eighth year, recognizes products that are successful at making glass an integral and effective part of their...
WASHINGTON -- The role of suppliers is the subject of the fifth and final guide in the Food Marketing Institute's series of category management implementation series. This guide provides retailers and wholesalers with a view of the roles suppliers...
As soon as we get used to the idea that mass marketing is out and micromarketing is in, we still find ourselves trying to catch up with the future. The latest and greatest change, of course, is brand marketing on-line. There's certainly a lot of...
HOUSTON -- The competition is tougher, but Randalls' video program keeps getting better. Randalls Food Markets here was one of the first chains to rent videos, starting as early as 1980. Today, it remains the standard against which many measure...
CHICAGO -- Randalls Food Markets posted large sales gains and achieved heightened market share in several core categories as a result of Efficient Consumer Response programs.The 120-store chain boosted sales per section foot in the salty-snack...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- At Wal-Mart Stores here, small may be preferable to large when it comes to supercenters. Wal-Mart plans to concentrate more on expanding its 136,000-square-foot supercenter prototype in 1997 and 1998 than on the 188,000- or167...
TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- DeMoulas/Market Basket here has introduced a new line of European country breads.n & sage, roasted red pepper and potato & rosemary.The 16-ounce loaves range in price from $1.89 for the sun-dried tomato, honey walnut wheat and...
SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Foods here has unified its packaging and created a single ad campaign for its products in a "master branding" program designed to equate Tyson with chicken in the minds of consumers.A new "Tyson. We're Chicken" campaign...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Growth in business is prompting Rexall Sundown here to add to its sales force and seek ways to improve its efficiency through automation.The vitamin marketer, which sells its products through Kmart, Drug Emporium, Dominick's...
RESTON, Va. -- With an eye on the growing trend toward outsourcing retail service to third parties, the National Food Brokers Association's Retail Merchandising Steering Committee has set its initial agenda.The decision to create the group was...