Cheese Plus: Adding Value Spurs Sales
Whether it’s pairing cheese with wine or apricots, or cutting smaller wedges of Beemster to lessen sticker shock, supermarket retailers are adding value to the cheese case.
Murray's Cheese-Kroger Link-up Hits West Coast
NEW YORK – Murray’s Cheese, continuing to expand its store-within-a-store arrangement with Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., will hit California soon with Murray’s Cheese Shops in Ralph’s Grocery Co., a Kroger subsidiary.
Riesbeck’s Breaks Previous Record With Paczki Sales
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Riesbeck’s Food Markets, having continued its annual, hefty promotion of paczki right up to Easter, hit a new record this year with sales of the super-rich pastries totaling $348,228, up nearly 5% over last year.
Supermarket RDs Get Ready for Mediterranean Diet Month
Supermarket dietitians are gearing up to promote May as Mediterranean Diet Month with a whole roster of activities that includes demos, distribution of recipes, easy swapping products for more healthful ones, even television segments.
Kowalski’s Holds Class on Digestive Health
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kowalski’s Markets, always adding to its roster of in-store classes for its customers, scheduled its first on digestive health Thursday evening, and two more classes on that subject are set for later this month.
NPD: Meal Deals Need to Be Rejuvenated
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — The NPD Group, a market research and global information company, reports that customers visiting restaurants because of a “meal deal” were down last year from the prior year.
IDDBA Names Cake Decorating Challenge Finalists
MADISON, Wis. — The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association has chosen three finalists to compete at IDDBA’s 18th Annual Cake Decorating Challenge at its 2013 Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo in Orlando, Fla., June 2-4.
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