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SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here has created a new one-stop shopping image for its health and beauty care department in a test store, according to Pam Kohn, vice president of operations for the Central division of the chain.The concept -- which...
TULSA, Okla. -- Horner Foods here has changed its general merchandise suppliers from a rack jobber to its co-op wholesaler, Associated Wholesale Grocers Value Merchandisers, nonfood division, Kansas City, Kan.AWG will supply general merchandise to...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the land of glaciers, Carr Gottstein Foods here is making sure customers know that at least its bagels aren't frozen.The chain pushed off a fresh-baked bagel program in August that now is snowballing in sales, with...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here, a Wal-Mart subsidiary, will manage most of its own produce departments under a new agreement with one of its distributors, Fresh America.Under the five-year agreement, which takes effect Dec. 1, Sam's Club...
Boston Market is starting to look like the Wal-Mart of food service.irtually every day, the Golden, Colo.-based company is posing a real threat to supermarket deli and food-service operations as they try to compete for share of stomach. What's...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Wal-Mart Stores is about to make a supercenter decision that could have far-reaching effects on supermarkets.That warning came last week from Bill Lancaster, vice president of sales at Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- The two major operators of video rental departments in Wal-Mart and Kmart supercenters are consolidating. Entertainment One, Effingham, Ill., which operates 51 video shops inside Wal-Mart Supercenters on a leased-space basis...
YORK, Pa. -- Many of Associated Wholesalers' independent retailers have cut their photo-processing retails nearly 30% in an effort to become more competitive with mass merchandisers. There are 111 AWI-supplied retailers who implemented the new...
To a large extent, data warehousing holds the key to retailers' and wholesalers' ability to develop powerful data-base marketing and decision-support tools capable of leading the industry to future success.mination to make use of emerging...
COUNCIL GROVE, Kan. -- Sales were good but they could have been better, so Dave Baker, owner of the former Baker's Supermarket here, decided to do something about it.With the help of his supplier, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan....