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Retailers are using next Sunday's Super Bowl to score touchdowns on the sale of crackers, snacks, beer, soft drinks and frozen foods.Some of the 10 retailers contacted said Super Bowl Sunday's promotional impact is increasing, as scores of...
The industry's fragile bottom line is lending weight to an emerging strategy of holding back from switching en masse to chlorine-free refrigerants.Two chains -- Jitney Jungle Stores of America, Jackson, Miss., and Hannaford Bros., Scarborough...
Skip Smith, co-chairman Integrated EDI Subcommittee g with accurate scanning, is a prerequisite to almost all the other ECR activities. From all the available UCS transactions, we selected the set that is called the purchase-order-to-payment cycle...
STOKE POGES, England -- The Albert Fisher Group here, an international food processor and distributor, has acquired Fresh Western Marketing, a Salinas, Calif.-based fresh produce company. The purchase price was not disclosed.cer of Albert Fisher...
ST. LOUIS -- Funeral services have been held here for Joseph Bettendorf, founder of the former Bettendorf-Rapp chain, which had been based here.h the opening of a supermarket-style unit in 1929. This led to an eventual chain of 10 stores, which...
Fiber-based packaging, which has exploded in Europe due to environmental concerns, is making its way to the United States.One successful translation has been done by First In Show, Grandville, Mich., which has chosen rectangular Dorpak containers...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- Racconto Italian Food Products here, a marketer of imported Italian pastas, is gaining share and shelf space for its products with a series of store-specific promotions centered around cooking demonstrations.The Chicago-area...
Electronic frequent-shopper programs hold the potential to supply brand marketers with the ultimate data bank of consumer information.The information-rich programs, if implemented on a wide enough basis, could usher in a new era of highly...
Focusing on marketing and selling fundamentals isn't as intellectually stimulating as the latest acronym for industry initiatives (ECR, etc.), but it delivers results and separates competitors. A back-to-basics approach allows manufacturers to...