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MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here is doubling the footage of health and beauty care sections in most new stores, according to Harry Conway, director of HBC and general merchandise for the New York metropolitan area."The greatly enlarged HBC format will...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Trimming 2.5 inches off the width of a roll of heavy duty Reynolds Wrap may not seem like a giant new product innovation, but when the change is driven by both consumer research and supply-chain efficiencies it yields a...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Nine months into an ambitious reengineering program, Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, has already retooled 11 of 35 distribution facilities and expects to complete the process companywide in about 18 months.The...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here, a Wal-Mart subsidiary, will manage most of its own produce departments under a new agreement with one of its distributors, Fresh America.Under the five-year agreement, which takes effect Dec. 1, Sam's Club...
LANDOVER, Md. (FNS) -- Giant Food here is accelerating expansion plans.The operator has added three more stores to the 18 it had said it would open by the end of 1996, while 20 to 30 additional sites have been identified for future expansion...
PHILADELPHIA -- 3M Photo Color Systems here will run the "Catch all the Action. . .For Less" program this holiday season, a promotion featuring value prices on faster speed films. The campaign will enable retailers to offer 200 and 400 speed 35mm...
CHICAGO -- Manufacturers and retailers can use information technology and data-base marketing to build a more effective working relationship, said James Keller of DCI, Manasquan, N.J. "We are on the cutting edge of a new spirit of cooperation that...
EDISON, N.J. -- Twin County Grocers here and Key Food Stores Cooperative, Brooklyn, N.Y., are reportedly engaged in merger talks, observers told SN last week.A merger between the two could add as much as $550 million to Twin County's sales base...
NEW YORK -- Makers of recycled paperboard have formed the 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance to increase use of the material for consumer products and industrial packaging.ity campaign, which will begin regionally this year, is designed to generate...