SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets drew attention to its photo department with several promotions advertised in the weekly newspaper insert that featured a trade-in offer for a new 35mm camera .
avings certificate worth $10 toward the purchase of a Fuji 35mm camera. Using the trade-in certificate, plus a $3 mail-in manufacturer rebate, a shopper could buy the Fuji camera, a $29.99 value, for $16.99.
Price Chopper also offered a 2-liter bottle of store brand soda free with the purchase of Fuji color print film CA 135-24 exposure, 200 ISO priced at $3.79.
The chain's photo-finishing services were promoted with single 4-inch by 6-inch color prints in 12, 24, or 36 exposures for $2.94.