NEW YORK Fairway Markets is one of many supermarkets across the country gearing up for the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo with big avocado displays that are expected to fire up sales. While on holidays like Cinco de Mayo, we'll see a spike, Hass...
ABINGDON, Va. First came kids. Then came wine. Now pets are the focus of a new loyalty club at K-VA-T Food Stores. The month-old Paws & Claws is an opt-in program at K-VA-T's Food City-banner stores that includes coupons, an annual birthday card...
LAKELAND, Fla. Publix Super Markets here is gearing up for its second Publix Brand Challenge, a buy-one, get-one-free promotion pitting Publix's private-label products against their national-brand counterparts. During five consecutive week-long...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Farm Bill is up for renewal this year, and the outlook is looking good for fruit and vegetable growers. Historically, the Farm Bill last renewed in 2002 has favored large subsidies for commodity crops such as wheat, corn, rice...
The booming trend of retail-based medical clinics could be particularly beneficial to retailers catering to Hispanics. That's because 32.7%, or 14 million, of Hispanics were uninsured in 2005 the highest of any other group, according to the U.S...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. Food City, Fiesta Mart and Sedano's are among the retailers participating in a new Unilever experiential-marketing effort targeting Hispanics. Live cooking competitions are slated to take place at all three retailers as part...
It's been a big year for the United Fresh Produce Association. Shortly after the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association finalized its merger with the International Fresh-cut Produce Association in September 2006, a major E. coli outbreak...
In-store cooking demonstrations are heating up sales in Center Store. Prepared and sampled alongside ingredients displayed in single merchandising units, recipes for quick and easy fare are generating item trials and driving incremental sales. In...
NASH FINCH NAMES BEFORT SR. VP, MERCHANDISING MINNEAPOLIS Nash Finch Co. has named Howard Befort senior vice president of merchandising. He brings more then 30 years of industry experience in marketing, merchandising and supply chain management...
BELLEVUE, Wash. Consumers concerned about heart health make a strong connection to supermarkets when they think about leading a heart-healthy lifestyle, a recent Hartman Group study shows. We've been tracking health and wellness for two decades...