HOUSTON -- Randalls Food Markets here tied produce to its annual Turkeybucks Thanksgiving promotion program.n fruits and vegetables. Turkeybucks are credits shoppers accumulate specifically for a discounted Thanksgiving Day turkey.In an unusual...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Supermarkets have to convince customers that the seafood case is home to some simple, reliable alternatives for the center of the plate -- and not unfamiliar territory.That was one of the important messages to arise in a wide...
SAN DIEGO -- From the back room to the front end, the path to produce profits is littered with the potholes caused by shrink.Through poor product handling, inadequate temperature control and cashier mistakes, produce executives are losing a...
MINNEOLA, N.Y. -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 342-50 here avoided a strike by reaching a tentative labor agreement last week with five New York area supermarket chains.The union's negotiating committee and 200 union stewards...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Big Bear Stores here, in a test program, has opened its first video rental department that will be run in-house, rather than by a rack jobber. "The Hilliard Big Bear video department is a test," said Karen Bennett, spokeswoman...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here reported increased sales and earnings for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30.For the quarter, sales increased 5% to $653.9 million from $622.6 million. For the 39 weeks, sales rose 12.4% to ...
ATLANTA -- Featuring freshly prepared food to take home is the way to make money these days, but ambiance is a crucial ingredient that many supermarkets lack.That was the message delivered by Bill Reynolds, director of continuing education at the...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here has made a move into upscale, chilled entrees by bringing in a chef and an extensive menu of freshly prepared items at one of its units in a New York City suburb.The chef and the large repertoire of entrees...
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A Finast supermarket here has become the first store in North America to go live with a portable customer self-scanning system.The Maple Heights, Ohio, chain made handheld devices available to a group of 100 shoppers in a test...
Bill Vitulli Retires From A&P VP Posthat Bill Vitulli, vice president of government and community relations, has retired after 60-plus years with the company.While in high school, Vitulli began as a delivery boy at an A&P store in the Bronx, N.Y...