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CHICAGO -- Why are supermarkets losing Center Store sales to competing channels? The answer lies in stock-up trips.That's among the findings of a "holistic," trip-based study of 2,400 shoppers by Unilever Foods, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Mike Twitty, senior manager of shopper & channel insight for Unilever, presented the company's findings here at the Institute for International Research's Shopper Insights

byBob Vosburgh