Retailers operating practically anywhere in the United States will probably tell you that low retail prices prevent them from making much profit from most baby food.Then there's Washington state. Bringing up baby in...
Can frozen pizza make it in the breakfast category? Maybe so, given retail reports of initial success for a product line intended explicitly to make that connection.Sunrise Singles, a pizza-for-breakfast line produced...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Frozen food retailers and suppliers alike are chomping at the bit to garner their share of the huge savings promised by proponents of Efficient Consumer Response.However, the frozens department...
Mama mia, they're laying it on thick! New product introductions have made a cramped spaghetti sauce category even more crowded, forcing retailers contacted by SN to pick and choose among flavors. New, thicker...
BOSTON -- Stop & Shop here sought a holiday bonus with a full-page, two-color ad promoting Easter candy in its circular for the week preceding the holiday."Make Us Your Easter Candy Headquarters" was the headline of...
Grocers may not relish the hot, dog days of summer, but they could find themselves in a pickle if they don't properly merchandise their sweet and sours, dills and gherkins.The summer barbecue season is coming, and it...
Lukewarm. That's how best to describe the initial retail reception of the news that General Mills is reducing prices and cutting promotional spending on its most popular cold cereals.Grocers contacted by SN agreed...
Customers are scooping up packages and bottles of ultra laundry detergent in record numbers. But do they know how to use them? Some retailers aren't so sure.Tom Longwell, a buyer for Kroger's Columbus division...
Ultras are the name of the game in today's laundry detergent aisles.Introduced nationally in powder form in June 1990 and in liquid form in November 1992, the concentrated products have quickly turned the detergent...
It looks like the good old days of TV dinners are making a comeback in some frozen food departments. In interviews with SN, a number of retail buyers from different markets said their customers are going after the...