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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Cameras that record images in digital format -- rather than on videotape -- will be used to verify that scanned items match their physical descriptions in a new front-end security system to be tested next month by Winn-Dixie...
COLTON, Calif. -- Stater Bros. Holdings, parent company of Stater Bros. Markets here, said sales and earnings increased for the first quarter ended Dec. 24.ER RESULTSQtr Ended 12/24/95 12/25/94Sales $408.7 million $390.6 millionChange + 4.6%Same...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Senate rejected attempts last week to eliminate government price supports on sugar and peanuts, terminations the grocery industry said would have cut consumer costs.This development came as the Senate passed a sweeping bill...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Brand marketers and coupon industry executives have their sights locked on Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y., as Procter & Gamble begins its zero-coupon experiment here.Most insist fears of the demise of coupons are unfounded...
SAN ANTONIO -- With competition for shelf space at an all time high, smaller brand marketers are devising alternative strategies to get their products accepted by retailers.Meeting that challenge spawns creative ways to go to market, as was...
LOS ANGELES -- Rysher Entertainment here, TV Guide, Radnor, Pa., and Val-Pak, New York, this month are teaming up for a national sweepstakes offer that's being promoted in supermarkets, on the George & Alana TV show and through direct mail.The...
Sales force automation is continually evolving. Brand marketers that have implemented some degree of sales force automation in the last few years are now working on the next generation. Not only is the available technology changing, but so are the...
CENTURY CITY, Calif. -- The animated feature "My Neighbor Totoro" will be the latest addition to FoxVideo's Family Features line when it is repriced on March 5 to a suggested retail price of $14.98. Pre-order date is Feb. 14. Another Family...
SAN DIEGO -- NuWorld Marketing Ltd., a new holding company here, is to acquire American Redemption Systems, the coupon management and promotion fulfillment division of Ralcorp Holdings Inc., St. Louis.The two companies signed a definitive...
SAN ANTONIO -- Exhibitors at last month's National Food Distributors Association Mid-Winter Table Top Show here are staying on the courses they set in prior years when it comes to new product trends.Traditionally the first food show of the new...