ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Kowalski's Market here targeted the peewee set with a "Kids Rule!" sale that featured children's favorite foods.The promotion included displays, demonstrations and a petting zoo at Kowalski's White...
THORP, Wis. -- Thorp IGA here and Russ's IGA Market No. 16 are among the winners in an "Explore the Store with IGA" contest.Other winners are Hartville IGA SuperCenter in Hartville, Ohio; Fair Avenue IGA in Hamilton...
Category management in the pasta sauce aisle is helping retailers "pour" through the thickening assortment of new varieties.Many retailers have teamed with one of the three leading vendors -- Lipton Co., Borden Foods...
Time-pressed consumers are increasingly turning to no-bake pie mixes, microwave brownies and microwave cake mixes.Such products enable them to create a "homemade" dessert in a fraction of the time and effort it would...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here has expanded its employee-supervised Pirates Cove child care center to five stores and renamed it the W Kids play area.Jo Natale, a spokeswoman for Wegmans, declined to...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A&P helped raise 2,500 pounds of private-label canned goods for the needy through a novel promotion with a local food bank and the Westchester County Fair here.A&P shoppers who brought four cans of...
ROUND ROCK, Texas -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has installed an expanded pet supply department in its new store here.The department is being merchandised as a "store-within-a-store" with a broader selection of nonfood...
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Supermarket shoppers are eagerly embracing the Hershey's Kissmobile as it stops at selected supermarkets across the country.Developed by Hershey Foods Corp. here to celebrate the 90th anniversary of...
The skinny on baked and low-fat salty snacks is that they are helping to lure health-conscious shoppers back to the snack-food aisle.Items such as no-fat pretzels, tortilla chips and Baked Lay's potato chips have...
INDIANAPOLIS -- The controversy surrounding olestra hasn't stopped sales of snacks made with the fat substitute from selling briskly in this test market.Mike Bracken, store manager of a Cub Foods Stores unit in...