Supermarket News

Peter Malbin

Articles by Peter Malbin

DELIVERING MORE

Distribution is still the heart of the drug wholesaling business, but it is no longer its soul.Wholesalers today are under pressure to compete in a consolidated

NEW FINESSE ENTERS CROWDED SHAMPOO SET

NEW YORK -- Supermarket buyers such as Pete Gassenberger, director of pharmacy and health and beauty care for Consumers Food and Drug, a 20-store Midwest

TOY STORY OF '97 TO TELL A TALE OF MODEST GROWTH

NEW YORK -- With another Tickle Me Elmo, this could be a smiling year for the toy industry.In any event, projections for 1997 are that toys should continue

SHAW'S IS COMPOUNDING MORE PHARMACIES

EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Through acquisition and growth, Shaw's Supermarkets, based here, is continuing to expand its pharmacy business, with four more

UP TO 40 NEW PHARMACIES PRESCRIBED BY A&P FOR 1997

MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here continues to add pharmacies, with possibly 40 slated to open this year in new and remodeled stores, according to Michael Rourke,

ZINC-BASED COLD 'CURE' A HOT PRODUCT THIS WINTER

The winter chill and a flurry of media reports touting the benefits of zinc lozenges in alleviating the severity and duration of the common cold are creating

PHARMACISTS AT ODDS OVER POSSIBLE RECALL OF SELDANE

Pharmacists interviewed by SN differ over whether the Food and Drug Administration will actually recall Seldane, a widely prescribed antihistamine, because

ONCE AGAIN, PHARMACISTS TOP INTEGRITY POLL

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Pharmacists are once again the nation's most trusted professionals, according to those Americans surveyed by the Gallup Organization

CHAINS SLIDE SOAP TO BUBBLE HBC SALES

New England grocery chains are test-merchandising bath soap in the health and beauty aisle in order to drive more impulse sales in the health and beauty

HARPS EXPANDS PHARMACY, UPDATES SOFTWARE

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Harps Food Stores here will open a new pharmacy this month in a supermarket in Rogers, Ark., giving the chain a total of seven pharmacies.The

LABELS, FAST APPROVALS TOP LIST FOR FDA CHIEF

In the post-Kessler era, the industry is looking ahead to reform in labeling and to unhampered, speedy approval of drug applications.Drug approvals should

SHUTTER BUG

Retailers are wondering if enough Advanced Photo System cameras will be found under Christmas trees this year to jump-start film and processing sales

TAMPON ALTERNATIVE GETS WEST COAST DISTRIBUTION

Distribution of a new feminine hygiene product, Instead, is being built primarily at supermarket chains in the Pacific Northwest and northern California.Major

POWERFUL AIDS DRUG NEARS PHARMACY SHELVES

One of the most successful drug treatments for AIDS thus far, Crixivan, may finally be available for dispensing through supermarket and other community

PHARMACIES PRESCRIBE GIVEAWAYS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Intense competition for pharmacy business here is driving supermarket pharmacies to offer incentives like free Coca-Cola, Pepsi