Supermarkets seeking profitable new revenue streams are gazing beyond their traditional shopper bases at other supermarket, foodservice and big-box channels as potential customers. By selling their private-label...
There are two reasons the food industry will compress efforts to shape new federal legislation into the first half of 2008: First, trade group leaders believe that credit and debit card interchange fees, food safety...
Riesbeck Markets has re-priced, re-assorted and re-signed its stores to successfully blunt the impact of Wal-Mart supercenters that entered its 100-mile-wide region of Appalachia six years ago. Wal-Mart was the...
NEW YORK Supermarket buyers at the upcoming International Home & Housewares Show will see a rejuvenated exhibit area for traffic-lifting continuity, seasonal, regional and in-and-out promotions, consumer incentives...
Major food industry organizations will press the 110th Congress hard in 2007 to scrutinize and potentially cap dramatic rises in credit and debit card interchange fees, combat organized retail crime, and make estate...
Retailers picking some of the low-hanging fruit of whole health often overlook books and magazines, which are among the richest groves of potential growth for their ability to stimulate added sales beyond their own -...
Despite the appeal of drive-through pharmacy, and supermarkets' growing commitment to it, physical challenges stand in the way of widespread adoption. How to retrofit windows or pneumatic tube systems into existing...
After years of stagnation, innovative product delivery forms could breathe new life into children's vitamins sections in supermarkets.Already, W. Lee Flowers & Co., Lake City, S.C., reports that a vitamin that fizzes...
All-natural vitamins and supplements are a cornerstone of any retailer's whole health portfolio -- but their value is only as high as their reputation and safety.Growing scrutiny by federal regulators has resulted in...
Independents and regional supermarkets adept at courting ethnic shoppers are finding the payback rewarding.Independents are connecting to diverse customer segments through ethnic packaging, merchandising, advertising...