DALLAS -- Kroger Co. tied in its Center Store section with the Texas State Fair here with a "3-for-free" offer.Fair-goers who presented three cans of food at admission could save the $9 general admission fee. The food...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here has been able to increase its sales of high-margin, "convenience store-type" items, such as cigarettes, by switching many of its stores to a 24-hour operation."Our very late night...
ATLANTA -- Retailers need to work closely with manufacturers in order to be educated about the importance of category management, said an executive with a large supermarket chain."Most retailers don't have the...
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. -- Lucky Stores here is in the process of replacing its Lady Lee private label with the Lucky brand on Center Store grocery products in an effort to unify its stores.Judy Decker, a spokeswoman for...
Retailers are counting on 2-pound sizes to make sales of jelly roll."The business is now with the 2-pound jars. That is where the volume is," said Pat Redmond, buyer, Rosauers Supermarkets, Spokane, Wash.The jams...
DALLAS -- Consumers in upstate New York are switching from Procter & Gamble brands to competitors that still offer coupons, it was revealed during a "state of the industry" report at the Chicago-based Association of...
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Quality Food Centers here is introducing a new mid-tier private-label line for about 200 stockkeeping units of Center Store grocery and nonfood items, SN has learned.The line features the Heritage...
LOS ANGELES -- Bottled water is filling the L.A. Basin."I see the gallon water [jugs] taking off like crazy, especially during the summertime," said John Cordero, director of purchasing for K.V. Mart Co., a Carson...
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. -- Edwards Super Food Stores is getting a jump on the Thanksgiving holiday with a promotion that offers shoppers a free Thanksgiving dinner, including several Center Store grocery items.To receive...
MONTVALE, N.J. -- A&P here is making "history" with a 144-page coupon book distributed earlier this month."This is the first time for this particular kind of book," Michael Rourke, senior vice president of...