'TREAT' BOOKS EMBODY SPIRIT AT ALBERTSON'S

BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here has come up with a new treat designed to please both customers and Halloween trick-or-treaters -- a booklet with coupons for free doughnuts from the in-store bakery and discounts on other products in the store.

off a decorated quarter-sheet cake; 50 cents off photo processing, and $1 off 30-minute Talk 'N Toss phone cards.

At an Albertson's unit on North Central Expressway in Dallas, handouts promoting the coupon booklets were stacked on a table just inside the entrance. The coupon booklets could be purchased at checkout stands and at the courtesy desk.

Officials at the chain's corporate offices here could not be reached for comment.