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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Twenty-two Georgia supermarkets operated by Winn-Dixie Stores here have been fined a combined $28,000 by the Georgia Department of Agriculture for violating the Georgia Food Act, which regulates all areas of food operations...
Dorothy Lane Adds Merchandiserne Market here has appointed Donna Howell to the new position of deli-bakery merchandiser.She was deli-bakery supervisor. Howell joined the company nine years ago as a part-time deli clerk.In her new post, she reports...
SEATTLE -- Larry's Markets here is developing a new computer-based reporting system designed to help store managers better understand how environmental issues affect their store's bottom line.The store-specific reports, which managers will...
NEW YORK -- A federal court has ordered Johnson & Johnson/Merck, maker of Pepcid AC, and SmithKline Beecham, maker of Tagamet HB, to modify promotional materials for their respective H2 antagonist products.e during a multimillion-dollar marketing...
ATLANTA -- Food-service operators will likely bite deeper into supermarkets' prepared food sales in the future because they know food better and are more innovative.That's how Marcia L. Shurer, a food-service consultant and president of Culinary...
Holiday dinners are earning a place for themselves at the table.Some supermarket chains started to get serious about selling prepared dinners for Thanksgiving and Christmas several years ago, but in many cases their programs have been accompanied...
COLTON, Calif. -- Stater Bros. here is ringing up sales increases of 30% on credit and debit card purchases since completing a chainwide rollout of the payment options.der would be satisfactory, but the system is working better than expected and...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Category management could go a long way toward keeping things in the frozen food department from cooling off, according to two executives at Information Resources Inc., Chicago."We need to better understand the process, the...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Homeland Stores here is refining its new frequent shopper program to offer the highest level of discounts to the most loyal customers.The retailer will begin analyzing data from the program by late December to determine which...
SAN DIEGO -- America is about to enter a period of robust growth, and the climate for businesses, especially small businesses, will improve.That is according to Stuart Varney, an economist and business news editor of Cable News Network, who spoke...