Roseanne Harper

Reporter, Fresh Market
Supermarket News
Articles by Roseanne Harper
CHEF'S ENTREE DEMOS HELP BREAD SALES AT QUEEN ANNE
SEATTLE -- Queen Anne Thriftway here has discovered that hot pumpkin soup sells bread.So do Caesar salad and garlic prawns. When Chef Jacques Boiroux,
D&W FINDS COUNTING CHICKENS PAYS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Tracking sales performance by store has sent rotisserie chicken sales flying at D&W Food Centers here.Sales tripled in four weeks
FOOD COURT VERDICT: TRY IT DIFFERENTLY
DALLAS -- Retailers are disappointed with the performance of their food courts, but they're not about to call it quits.Some have given up on trying to
MORRISON'S, SMITTY'S END FOOD COURT LEASE
MOBILE, Ala. -- Morrison's Hospitality Group here has terminated its lease to run branded food courts in units of Smitty's Super Valu, Phoenix.The termination
V. RICHARD'S WINS BROWNIE CONTEST
BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- V. Richard's here makes Milwaukee's best brownies.That's according to results of a contest sponsored recently by The Milwaukee Journal,
GOODING'S OPENS TWO SUSHI BARS
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- Gooding's Super Markets here has introduced sushi bars in two of its stores.The first, launched in September in a unit near
STORES URGED TO STRESS MARKETING
BLAINE, Wash. -- Bakery directors should switch their attention from manufacturing to marketing.So says Ed Weller, a partner in Weller Co., a food marketing
STAFFING AND TRAINING CALLED HARDEST JOBS
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Finding qualified employees, training them and keeping them will be the challenge of the year. That was the prevailing opinion of retailers
CREAM CAKES FEATURE NO ADDED SUGAR
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Nancy's Pies here, a supplier to in-store bakeries and other outlets, has introduced no-sugar-added cream cakes, the company's first
ONE WEGMANS CAFE TESTS CHINESE BUFFET
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here is testing an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in one of its in-store cafes as a way to compete with local
CONSUMERS MARKETS AD JOINS THE HUNTING GAME
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Consumers Markets here recently put store-level bakery managers to work writing ads for its circulars. The result: some first-ever
WEGMANS' COURT OF APPEALS
Supermarket food service is emerging from its infancy, but it still hasn't gotten over its growing pains.Retailers large and small are continuing to evaluate
KNOW SHOPPERS' WANTS, TWO PROFESSORS ADVISE
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The key to a successful in-store food-service program is having a clear idea of what and how shoppers today really want to eat.Supermarkets
PIE'S NEW RECIPE
No-sugar-added pies have a sweet future, provided certain steps are taken to merchandise this new niche category to advantage.That is according to supermarket
SAVE MART 'CRAZY SALES' TAKE CAKE
MODESTO, Calif. -- In an attempt to keep summer volume steady, Save Mart Supermarkets here spotlighted cakes in full-page ads twice this summer and had

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