LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Home is where the heart is, and retailers in Arkansas have found it's also where the pocketbook opens the widest.Arkansas retailers have been building sales of locally produced groceries year...
CHICAGO -- While a direct-store-delivery system for beer might appear antiquated, in the long run the benefits of a DSD system far outweigh its shortfalls, according to a consultant and a beer industry executive."An...
SEATTLE -- Microbrews are not a fad item, but a rapidly growing phenomenon in the beer industry that will soon account for close to one out of every 10 beers sold in the United States, according to the head of one...
HOUSTON -- Randalls Food Markets here recently tried to reel in some new shoppers with a full-page ad that called attention to its new, lower juice prices.Mike Perry, a category manager at Randalls, told SN the ad was...
Concerns over the quality of municipal water systems and trends toward healthier living are keeping supermarket sales of gallon jugs of water flowing. According to retailers, jug water sales continue to gush whether...
NEW YORK -- Riding on the success of ready-to-drink, single-serve fruit-based drinks, the fruit beverage category had record sales last year, passing the three billion gallon milestone, according to a recent study...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Raley's Supermarkets here is in the process of instituting a category management plan for its wine department that was designed by the Los Angeles distributor of E&J Gallo Winery.Bob...
BALTIMORE -- Farm Fresh Supermarkets of Baltimore here is resetting its juice aisles in an effort to make the juice category more shopper-friendly -- and it's boosting sales in the process.The new strategy, which...
Supermarkets are finding that category management can put a nice head on sales in the beer department. Retailers, major brewers and industry consultants interviewed by SN said category management is helping grocers...
CHICAGO -- The Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, is making major changes to its Pillsbury Bake-Off that include raising the grand prize from $50,000 to $1 million, increasing the number of products that can be used, and...