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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Adding some pop to summer soda sales, Waldbaum's here teamed with Royal Crown Cola and the New York Yankees on an in-store raffle of a luxury box and tickets for a baseball game.The Waldbaum's Skybox Sweepstakes offered...
BURBANK, Calif. -- "Pulp Fiction" has set a record for a rental video by prebooking 715,000 units in the United States, according to Buena Vista Home Video here.and prebook success, we anticipate that 'Pulp Fiction' will become one of the top...
CHICAGO -- Sol Friend, founder and president of On-Cor Frozen Foods here, has become the company's chairman of the board, a new position.yet been named to fill the executive vice president slot.In addition, Howard Leafstone, national sales manager...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- New regulations on the labeling of poultry received mixed reviews from trade and consumer associations last week.The groups were reacting to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture labeling change, handed down Aug. 24, that states...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- American consumers ate a record amount of seafood last year, with $12.5 billion spent on fish and shellfish at retail for home consumption."Increased per capita consumption of seafood in the face of exceptionally strong...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here may be an acquisition target for a number of operators, according to persistent trade reports.Among possible buyers, various observers told SN, are J. Sainsbury, London; Ahold, Zaandam, the Netherlands, and...
Consumers are just as likely to buy vitamins in supermarkets as they are in drug stores and mass merchant outlets, but the chances of attracting vitamin shoppers increase if the products are competitively priced.0 consumers polled by telephone...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association here last week rejected a merger offer from the Produce Marketing Association.While dismissing PMA's proposal for a merger that would essentially take United's best programs and...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A pilot test that would allow consumers to access coupons and other promotional material from the Internet is attracting the interest of West Coast retailers.ased Hughes Family Markets, Irwindale; Raley's, West Sacramento...