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KINGSTON, Mass. -- At Victory Super Market's new flagship store here, the strategic core is produce.The 16-unit chain's top executives, working closely with its store-design consulting firm, quickly decided to make the produce department the seed...
HOUSTON -- Produce and other perishables are the key components to a retailer's ethnic marketing strategy, a panel of industry executives said during last month's National Grocers Association convention here.The reason is that fresh foods weigh...
BOSTON -- "Here's to good old Boston, the home of the bean and the cod. Where Cabots speak only to Lowells, and Lowells speak only to God."Doggerel known to every kid in the city has long proclaimed Boston as the land of the bean and the cod -...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here is moving ahead with an expanded merchandising thrust and more striking product presentations in targeted nonfood categories.The effort taps into the potential for higher-impulse general merchandise and health and beauty...
Despite what many have heralded as the age of service seafood, in practice many retailers are choosing a middle-of-the-road approach that uses both service and self-service fixtures, yielding the best of both worlds.During a recent roundup of...
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Both supermarkets and suppliers will have to change their thinking in order to succeed in the home-meal replacement arena, according to three executives from the food industry.A case in point: Dominick's Finer Foods, Northlake...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Finer Foods here presented shareholders with a triple helping of good news at its first annual meeting as a public company last week.It reported record first-quarter results, disclosed plans to convert the two Chicago...
RICHMOND, Va. -- A test of a CD-music program targeted at supermarkets, and designed to tailor selections to individual stores, will begin later this month, said Michael Rigby, president, Fresh Picks, a newly formed rackjobber here."Our schedule...
CHESTERLAND, Ohio -- Russo's Stop-N-Shop here will try to boost sandwich sales in two of its stores by capitalizing on a successful deli program initiated in its culinary-focused store.andwich menu developed at the chain's Chagrin Falls store...
NEW YORK -- Major industry operators are following a myriad of strategies in 1997, but the pursuit of growth is the common denominator.Some are hoping to create efficiencies to drive earnings, while others have put consolidations behind them and...