Marketing experts agree the best way to sell fresh seafood is at a service counter staffed with knowledgeable associates. It's a challenge selling fish any other way, they told SN.Yet non-service operations can turn a profit. Self-serve cases sell...
It's been said many times before, but bears repeating: Supermarkets that want to make money selling seafood need knowledgeable sales associates who can answer a wide range of questions confidently and encourage consumers to buy products.ed Slade...
Supermarket seafood is an extremely perishable protein that doesn't adapt well to artificial store environments. Behind the scenes, retailers told SN they feel like they're on an endless fishing expedition, catching and marketing products that are...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ball's Hen House stores ran a blitz of specials on Alaskan seafood and gave away a deluxe-model treadmill in a rewarding tie-in to February's designation as Healthy Heart Month, officials said.Total seafood sales at the...
USDA BEGINS AMR SAMPLING PROGRAMtment of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has implemented a program designed to keep spinal-cord tissue and related matter out of meat products, as the agency boosts its efforts to protect consumers...
Retailers are realizing they'd better do some teaching to keep customers visiting their meat and seafood service cases.Competition is coming from all sides now. It's no secret that people are cooking less, but it's not just the likes of Boston...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- Jewel-Osco, impressed by attendance at its seafood cooking classes in the past, expects record numbers of customers to attend its Lenten-season cooking sessions this year.The classes are an annual event customers look forward...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets is luring customers to increase their consumption of seafood with a combination of new products and promotions, according to company information.On the fresh side, the retailer alerted customers through an e...
POLL Finds Optimism In Food Servicece companies shows operators have "substantially higher levels of business confidence" than a year ago, according to Technomic Inc. Restaurants and other food-service operators said their strategy to boost...
Shoppers spend four minutes on average at the meat counter, according to recently released research. That gives meat and seafood managers a big opportunity to go beyond service by educating and selling their customers on varieties and special cuts.