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SN's 2012 Category Guide shows supermarket unit sales are eroding, and retailers embrace rational pricing. Dollar and unit sales for 260 categories....More

NEW YORK — A new study by ICSC-Goldman Sachs anticipates that consumers will spend about $300 on school supplies this year....More

SAN ANTONIO — The H.E. Butt Grocery Co. is promoting its new private-label sun care line with a Facebook-exclusive coupon for $2 off a participating item....More

SPARKS, Nev. — Scolari’s Food & Drug stores here have teamed with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to provide DMV services in-store....More

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Food Stores will “reassert” itself in the pet and baby categories, Randy Edeker, the retailer’s new chairman and chief executive officer, said in a published report....More

NEW YORK — By sheer virtue of size, members of the burgeoning Hispanic demographic are projected to accelerate growth in certain CPG categories like tea, spirits/wine and coffee through 2015 while stalling sales of bottled water and milk, according to Nielsen findings outlined last week during The State of the Hispanic Consumer webinar....More

WASHINGTON — Organic product sales grew at a faster clip than conventionally produced items in 2011 with growth of 9.5% vs. 4.5%, show the findings of the Organic Trade Association’s 2012 Organic Industry Survey....More

KEASBEY, N.J. — ShopRite will donate supplies to volunteers who beautify their communities for Earth Day....More

LUBBOCK, Texas — Shoppers at United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos banners can earn up to 20 cents off per gallon of fuel purchased at United Express Fuel pumps through May 22....More

Gluten-free designations are cropping up on nonfood items such as vitamins, creams, lotions and other products absorbed by the skin....More