EAST SETAUKET, N.Y. -- Baby products get a grown-up presentation at Wild by Nature, a new all-natural-goods supermarket here.The section, located at one end of a gondola in the grocery department, features four tiers of racks cradling jars of...
Fred Meyer President to Retireer Inc. here said last week that Cy Green, president and chief operating officer, will retire Feb. 3. Green joined the company in 1947 as a parcel clerk and has served as president and chief operating officer since...
VAN NUYS, Calif. -- The Easter video program from Family Home Entertainment here will include 10 animated titles priced at $12.98 each. The tapes will be available in stores Feb. 20 with a pre-order date of Jan. 30. The titles will include "Here...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Miller Brewing Co. is using cross-docking to deliver a better beer. The Milwaukee-based brewer relies on this trendy technique in logistics to provide "optimum product freshness" and reduce product damage.For promotions and everyday...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Ask Dennis Garberg and Elaine Stansfield to explain how their business has evolved, and pretty soon they trot out a visual aid."Dennis does this really well on the back of a cocktail napkin," needles Stansfield, president...
Diaper merchandisers are facing a rash of changes and premium-brand vendors act to stay competitive
TAMPA, Fla. -- A private-label food broker here has filed a lawsuit against Kash n' Karry Food Stores and its "in-house" private-label broker, Cal Growers, charging "tortuous interference."Meanwhile, a private-label broker suit against Albertson's...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A coalition of special-interest groups has teamed with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union to charge Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., with failing to identify fresh meat that has been rewrapped and...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The general merchandise division of Fleming Cos. here has retained two merchandising service firms to handle an ambitious series of category management resets over the next year and beyond.Fleming, the nation's largest grocery...