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MONTREAL — Officials of Metro Inc. here have yet to reveal their plans for the nearly $500 million the company is receiving as a result of selling half its stake in the convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard, but speculation that ...
PURCHASE, N.Y. — Along with its 30-second Super Bowl spot, PepsiCo is promoting its new Pepsi Next with a free product offer.
The first 1 million fans who provide their names and addresses on pepsinext.com will get a coupon for a free 2-li...
WASHINGTON — The United Food and Commercial Workers Union here said Thursday it has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board in which it agreed to stop "all picketing and confrontational conduct" at Wal-Mart for at least 60...
MONTREAL — Metro Inc. here, in partnership with Dunnhumby Canada, is collecting a range of loyalty and digital data that is employed to “personalize every interaction we can with customers,” said Marc Giroux, chief marketing and communications...
Safeway's Diane Dietz, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, is the recipient of SN's 2013 Marketer of the Year award. This award is sponsored by Acosta Sales & Marketing, Jacksonville, Fla...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acosta Sales & Marketing said it has acquired Firebird Foods, a meat and deli sales agency based in Phoenix.
“The acquisition of Firebird Foods reinforces Acosta’s strategy of finding the best sales and marketing agenc...
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway here and ExxonMobil have partnered to allow Safeway and ExxonMobil customers to earn fuel reward points for most products purchased at Safeway stores in the Mid-Atlantic region and redeem them at participating Exxo...
WASHINGTON — The Can Manufacturers Institute will kickoff a multi-year marketing campaign next month designed promote the benefits of cooking with canned foods.
“Cans Get You Cooking” launches Feb. 1 to coincide with National Canned Food M...
Nutrition has a lot of moving parts, especially when it comes to supermarket retailing. Some shoppers are simply looking for the most healthful product, or one that passes the “Better for You” test. Yet others are dealing with a medical or die...
CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. — 99 Cents Only Stores here said it has named Rick Anicetti as interim chief executive office and Michael Fung as interim chief administrative officer.
As a result, three founding members of the Gold/Schiffer famil...