Supermarket News

Julie C. Boehning

Articles by Julie C. Boehning

COOPERATION CALLED KEY TO FROZENS SUCCESS

Cooperation is the key to hosting a successful National Frozen Food Month, according to three regional frozen food associations that won Golden Penguins

DOMINICK'S PUTTING FROZENS IN THE BAG WITH DIRECT MAIL

NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Shoppers were encouraged to pack their shopping bags with frozen foods during a new week-long campaign at Dominick's Finer Foods here.Earlier

TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON CATEGORY MANAGEMENT

Dinner, pizza and other high-volume categories are among the targets of frozen food category-management programs, retailers told SN."Higher-volume categories

FIGURING THE BRAND

Product prices usually cause consumers to pick one brand over another, according to a survey conducted for SN by America's Research Group, Charleston,

WAKEFERN COLOR-CODES ICE CREAM SELECTION

ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. here and the majority of its member stores have color-coded their ice cream sections to help shoppers locate their

COCA-COLA'S FROZEN LEMON JUICE LOOKS TO WIDEN CONSUMER APPEAL

HOUSTON -- Coca-Cola Foods here, the maker of Minute Maid products, has put a new twist on its frozen lemon juice. The company hopes to generate excitement

SUPER FRESH, STOUFFER'S AIR VACATION CONTEST

FLORENCE, N.J. -- Super Fresh Food Markets here and Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, Solon, Ohio, teamed up with Philadelphia's WMMR radio station to give away

SMART & FINAL IS RENAMING PRIVATE-LABEL PRODUCT LINES

VERNON, Calif. -- As part of a new corporate identity and expansion program, Smart & Final here has begun converting its Table Queen and Iris private-label

FRITO-LAY'S OLESTRA CHIPS SELLING WELL IN TEST MARKETS

WASHINGTON -- Heightened controversy hasn't negatively impacted sales of salty snacks made with the fat substitute olestra, several test market retailers

UNFLAGGING STRENGTH

Mexican food has always been a hot category, but increased variety is making it even spicier, retailers told SN.Chains are now emphasizing not only nachos

AS TIME ROLLS ON

If paper manufacturers and supermarket retailers get their way, the four-roll bathroom tissue package may succumb to the same fate as the eight-track

PLYING THE CORE TRENDS

Bulk may be the biggest news in bathroom tissue, but quality and texture innovations are also impacting the category.The ultra segment -- a thicker, more

INSALACO MARKETS GUARANTEES NEW PRIVATE-LABEL PROGRAM

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Insalaco Markets here is backing its new private-label program with a unique "No Questions Asked" guarantee.Customers who are unhappy

PRIVATE-LABEL JUICE SALES FLOWING

Supermarket chains are feeling the squeeze in their frozen juice aisles. But private label is helping to prevent a category meltdown, retailers said."Private

WEGMANS TO ADD PRIVATE-LABEL IPM-GROWN VEGETABLES

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here plans to add canned and frozen private-label vegetables to a line of products that have been grown with minimum