Buyers and merchandisers are keeping frozen pies, cakes, pastries and other baked sweets before consumers, despite the category's uneven sales.Nowadays, in-store bakeries are getting the lion's share of new products, merchandising and advertising...
Many observers who think about the future of home shopping predict that it will start to really take off four or five years hence, and, during the next five years thereafter, perhaps start to capture 10% or so of all food-at-home dollars.Further...
If you don't naturally correlate the terms "natural" or "organic" with health and beauty care products, you're not alone.The Food and Drug Administration has set no standards for what constitutes such products. Consequently, whether or not a...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Schultz Sav-O Stores here has completed its self-tender offer. The company paid $142,050 with available cash for 2,841 shares of preferred stock.Schultz's common stock.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Retail Bakers of America, at its annual board of directors meeting here last month, voted to officially change its name to the Retailer's Bakery Association.The name change is aimed at clarifying the identity and purpose of the...
NEW YORK -- A television news broadcast and a governmental hearing have turned a spotlight on supermarket slotting allowances.The program, a "20/20" episode on ABC, and a Federal Trade Commission hearing in Washington raised the issue of whether...
WASHINGTON, N.C. -- Kitchen gadget vendor Bonny Products here has been acquired by Frederick Cooper plc, Worcester, England -- a move that adds bakeware to the Bonny line.ke pans and cookie sheets. As a result, the Classic bakeware line will be...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Bruno's here used full-page newspaper ads and point-of-purchase materials to support its participation in a Lever Bros.-sponsored promotion to help the National Parks System.A full-page ad announced "Bruno's salutes: America's...
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Show's Supermarkets here has launched a store-brand, 32-title children's book line that will be expanded early next year.The collection - targeted to children ages six months to seven years - offers a variety of board...