The English have done it, tried it, been there. The Japanese have partially tried it, and an American company on the West Coast has also been seeking capital to undertake a pilot plant operation to do it. Everyone wants to make a product that will...
In the dog-eat-dog battle for pet food sales, supermarkets are hoping to take a bite out of the market shares of pet superstores with new breeds of superpremium "veterinarian-quality" dog foods.Several manufacturers, including Ralston Purina, ANF...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarket lobbyists are fighting a congressional attempt to include in an upcoming farm bill a proposal to require country-of-origin labeling for produce at the point of sale.The measure, H.R. 2602, sponsored by Rep. Sonny...
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Multiple cross-promotional partners helped parlay a modest theatrical feature into a significant sell-through success for Turner Home Entertainment.The tie-in partners of the sell-through video release of "The Swan...
Coke's Polar Bears Going BTSrt Hall, a supplier of school, home and office supplies, has signed a licensing agreement to market a back-to-school line featuring Coca-Cola's Polar Bears and Polar Bear Cubs.This will be the company's flagship license...
The long-range vision is clear enough: Somewhere down the road, in the not too distant future, retailers and suppliers will use cross-docking techniques for distributing a wide range of products throughout the supermarket industry.But the reality...
BURBANK, Calif. -- Buena Vista Home Video's 1996 slate will be one of the strongest it's ever offered, according to Dennis Rice, senior vice president of marketing."It's one of the best product offerings that we've had," said Rice. Buena Vista...
NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. -- Brand marketers can get in on the ground floor of in-store advertising by putting their message on tiles. Market Media, a subsidiary of BPI Packaging Technologies here, offers FloorFocus ad tiles that are laid on the floors...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A hundred and 10 years after its founding, Nash Finch Co. is still in touch with its roots. Although it has expanded way beyond the U.S. borders to Mexico, Chile and Hungary, it has continued to maintain a close connection with...
BOSTON -- When it comes to accenting a store's frozen food selection, a tour of Boston-area supermarkets revealed two distinct in-store strategies.For Demoulas SuperMarkets, Purity Supreme and Roche Bros., the emphasis is on point-of-sale signs...