NEW ORLEANS (FNS) -- No food items top the list of must-haves higher than the king cake during the Carnival season here. In recent years, supermarkets and retail bakery outlets have enjoyed increased sales and added...
Midway through a three-store renovation, Penhollow Thriftway is already enjoying its decision to make fresh produce a signature department. The independent operator's redesign shifts produce to first in the shopping...
Retailers and wholesalers are turning to leading-edge technologies to maintain accuracy levels and improve efficiencies in warehouse order picking.After interviewing several food wholesalers and retailers, SN found...
FNS -- As more retailers move toward mom-pleasing, candy-free front-end lanes, operators are discovering that there are lucrative marketing opportunities to be found in adult segments. Adult-oriented gum and mint...
Food retailers and wholesalers are just starting to use the Internet to negotiate the dangerous curves on the transportation and logistics highways."There is very little Internet usage being done, if you look at the...
Each time a supermarket has a shopping cart stolen or damaged, it's out 100 bucks. While at first blush that doesn't appear to be a lot of money, it can add up.According to the National Supermarket Research Group...
Effective loyalty marketing, employing data mining of frequent shopper information, can reach beyond price and establish deeper bonds with shoppers.Creating this intimacy with customers is touted as the brass ring for...
The robots are coming. The robots are coming.While it seems that the supermarket industry has been slow to incorporate robotics into its warehousing methods, there are signs that this cutting edge, seemingly...
For the most part, supermarkets have had mixed results when it comes to attracting and retaining young workers.However, all is not lost.According to what experts and retailers recently told SN, if supermarket...
(FNS) -- Today, technology allows food retailers to get up close and personal with their shoppers at the shelf.While accurate pricing remains the prime concern of retailers, the availability of new shelf-signage...