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EAST SETAUKET, N.Y. -- King Kullen is going a bit "wild" with a new store concept that pushes all the same marketing buttons as the natural foods supermarket chains.by Fresh Fields, Rockville, Md., and Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas, the...
Challenges from both external and internal sources are on the minds of industry executives as they enter 1996. The external challenge comes from supercenters -- an evolving competitive reality that is posing a threat to more and more operators...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here hopes to get a stronger grip on check fraud by rolling out automated check readers chainwide by the third quarter of fiscal 1996.The retailer is equipping stores with magnetic ink character readers that scan...
The focus is on the front end.While retailers and wholesalers are diligently tending to the needs of other areas, such as warehouse operations and corporate computing, point-of-sale systems will top the priority lists of many companies this year...
New Year's Day is upon us and, as usual, many people will make a resolution for 1996. And, as usual, most resolutions will be forgotten before the first workday of the year.But there's one resolution the industry should both make and keep in mind...
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Village Super Market here attributed improvements in net income during the first quarter ended Oct. 28 to increased gross margins. Sales dropped 0.5% from $167.4 million to $166.5 million. Comparable-store sales were flat.$83...
NEW YORK -- It was a merry holiday season for many supermarket operators.Unlike retailers in other channels of trade, food retailers ended the fourth quarter with strong sales gains, supermarket executives told SN during a nationwide survey...
MALVERN, Pa. -- Eight additional Acme Markets units now have "Pet World" destination pet centers, expanded sections that contain about 1,400 items.The 1,000-square-foot centers, now in 11 units, feature seven times the amount of items found at...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Houchens is attempting to boost health and beauty care sales and department traffic with a fresh mix featuring new products.The retailer is removing slower-moving items to create space for the latest HBC introductions, such...
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Sutton Place Gourmet here will enter the metro New York area next spring.The opening is part of a more ambitious expansion strategy for the specialty retailer, which is "planning to double [it's] size within the next three to...