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SWEETWATER, Texas -- Extensive candle sections are brightening general merchandise sales at Lawrence Bros.' Fiesta Food.The chain here moves about 5,000 cases of candles a year to a largely Mexican customer base, said Walter Smith, supervisor of...
Meat Worker Safety Meeting SetMeat Institute Foundation here will hold its annual Worker Safety and Health Conference March 21 to 23 at the Sheraton Denver Tech Center in Denver.Barbara Silverstein, special assistant for ergonomics at the U.S...
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. -- Best Film & Video Corp. is releasing two new lines of exercise videos.at $19.99 for standard play or $14.99 for extended play. The three titles are "The Next Generation," "PowerBody" and "YoungBody."Best is also releasing ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Harvest Foods here is seeking to grow general merchandise sales with aggressive year-round price promotions. The chain intends to become a much more forceful general merchandise competitor by cutting prices up to 30% on...
Retailers are anxiously awaiting arrival of Aleve, the newly approved over-the-counter version of the pain reliever drug naproxen sodium, and only the fourth analgesic ingredient to be available OTC. Naproxen sodium was previously available only...
Sales of premium bottled waters are still rising, with no crest in sight, despite the onslaught from ready-to-drink iced teas, iced coffees and soda pops.Several bottlers have expanded the category by seeping into low-calorie flavored waters, like...
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Proprietary processing and packaging have produced a portable pickle in a pouch. The package for Vlasic Pickles To Go from Campbell Soup Co. holds two kosher dill spears. It is notched for easy opening and hole-punched to hang in...
INDIANAPOLIS -- DowBrands here said it will cut the size of its trade marketing group almost in half this year, while stepping up its account-specific activities with supermarkets.It will accomplish this by moving greater account authority out to...
DALLAS -- Gillette mounted a custom-tailored fall rebate at area Kroger stores here that put up to $10 in the hands of consumers who purchased grooming and personal care products.The account-specific promotion was a special version of a nationally...
BURBANK, Calif. -- Two top executives are leaving Columbia TriStar Home Video for positions related to new communications technologies.W. Patrick Campbell, president of Columbia TriStar, will join Ameritech, Chicago, as executive vice president of...