Michael Slezak

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AHOLD'S GIANT REDUCES PRICES ON HBC LINES
Apr 17, 1995
CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores here slashed prices throughout its health and beauty care departments last month and has been running weekly newspaper advertisements to reinforce its new HBC price image.The 58...
PANEL OKS TAGAMET OTC FOR HEARTBURN
Apr 10, 1995
WASHINGTON -- Supermarket retailers may be welcoming Tagamet, a popular prescription medication, to their over-the-counter shelves as early as August.Tagamet, manufactured by SmithKline Beecham, Pittsburgh, took a big...
BOOGAART USING IN-AD COUPON TREATMENT
Apr 10, 1995
CONCORDIA, Kan. -- In an effort to draw traffic to its health and beauty care departments, a Fleming retail division here has begun running in-ad coupons from major HBC manufacturers on a regular basis.According to a...
OTC SWITCH CLIMATE IS SUNNY, BUT CLOUDS LOOM
Apr 03, 1995
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets can anticipate a bright future selling new prescription to over-the-counter drugs, although the Food and Drug Administration may ultimately slow the flow of those products onto retail shelves...
NEW LINES AND OLD TIES SEEN KEY AT HBA SHOW
Mar 13, 1995
CHICAGO -- The show, as they say, will go on.The 1995 Exclusively HBA Trade Show runs here March 22 to 24 for its sixth incarnation, and supermarket retailers planning to attend said they will be scoping for new...
FRESH FIELDS EXPANDS IN HOMEOPATHY
Mar 06, 1995
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Fresh Fields here has enlarged its homeopathy section in an effort to capitalize on growing consumer demand for natural, over-the-counter medicines.The 14-store chain is a natural foods retailer and...
WARM WEATHER COOLS COUGH AND COLD SALES
Mar 06, 1995
The unusually mild winter across the United States has left many supermarket retailers pondering, "What happened to the cough and cold season?"For January 1995, supermarket sales of cough and cold products dipped to ...
PATHMARK'S FOOD STORES TO TRY BEAUTY MAGAZINE
Feb 27, 1995
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- To boost its beauty care sales and image, Pathmark Stores here will begin merchandising a customized beauty magazine in its supermarkets this summer.The magazine, Beauty Handbook, published by...
FUTURE OF FMI SHOW RIDING ON '95 EDITION
Feb 06, 1995
WASHINGTON -- Retailers and wholesalers applauded the recently announced changes in the Food Marketing Institute's annual GM/HBC Conference, but said the show's fate could hinge on the success of its 1995 edition...
FMI RESTRUCTURING GM/HBC CONFERENCE
Jan 30, 1995
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Attempting to boost attendance for its annual GM/HBC Conference, the Food Marketing Institute, Washington, has decided to modify the show's layout, format and registration process.The changes were...
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