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CHICAGO -- Quaker Oats chose an in-pack sampling strategy to introduce Kibbles 'n Bits Jerky Treats and is backing it with a pallet display program and a variety of off-shelf displays in retail stores.The company is using special 4-lb. bags of its...
CHICAGO -- Shoppers at Super Kmart Center stores in the Chicago area are happy to fill their baskets with sale items, but they have yet to accept the supercenter as their primary grocery store, according to recent consumer research."Consumers shop...
PARIS -- Food-industry retailers and suppliers are fighting to keep up with rapid changes on two fronts.On one side, according to Etienne Laurent, president and chief executive officer of CIES, The Food Business Forum, here, are the consumers, who...
Family films on videocassette, coupled with tie-in promotions with packaged goods suppliers for the classics, arguably have made Disney the fastest growing brand name in the supermarket in the last few years. Here's a rundown on the best-known...
Retailers are rallying behind a host of innovative technologies and concrete solutions to win the battle against theft.In a bid to combat the problem, which is escalating at an alarming rate, retailers are taking increasingly aggressive measures...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Suppliers of the nation's food and beverage packaging have scored separate victories against the Food and Drug Administration in their lobbying to use inventory not emblazoned with the new federally mandated nutrition label...
Shopper as Sourceper's definition of duplication or variety that is important here. Ask them." -- Dan Raftery, vice president, Willard Bishop Consulting, speaking at a Grocery Manufacturers of America seminar on category management, May 19 in...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Finer Foods here completed converting to hydrofluorocarbons in three stores this month. It is the first step in a commitment to switch to the new-generation coolants chainwide, said John Turek, the chain's manager of...
TOKYO -- Daiei Inc. here will open its second Kou's membership warehouse club July 1 in Nanko, a suburb of Osaka.nonfood. The club will occupy two floors in a downtown location with about 140,000 total square feet. About 100,000 members are...
MEXICO CITY (FNS) -- Kmart Corp., Troy, Mich., entered the Mexican market last week with the official unveiling of two Super Kmart Centers outside the capital.fficials.Joseph Antonini, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Kmart...