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There’s an app for that! How many times have you seen or heard that phrase? And how often are you bombarded by words (including mine) urging you and your stores to embrace and understand the new mobile technologies?
And how often do you us...
PURCHASE, N.Y. — Stop & Shop will bring its Gas Rewards to customers in the Garden State Monday in partnership with 135 Shell stations.
The program was initially launched in New England and New York in 2010 but until recently fuel rewards ...
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has opened the online enrollment period for its new customer loyalty program called Balanced Rewards.
The program is unique given its use of a mobile card that allows members to scan their mobile device at the r...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Acosta Sales & Marketing here said it has acquired four more foodservice sales and marketing agencies in the Southeast as part of its previously announced plan to roll up the industry.
Terms of the acquisitions were no...
DALLAS — Nearly two dozen of the world’s best brewmasters will descend on H-E-B’s Central Market Wednesday to host samplings, talk one-on-one with enthusiasts and share recipes that take beer from pint to plate.
The festivities are part of...
ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute here said Wednesday that two new health care reform guidelines for employers are “positive steps” for food retailers.
The Internal Revenue Service’s Notice 2012-59, issued along with the Department...
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion added a social media component to its popular Operation Grocery Drop initiative.
From Aug. 29-31, Food Lion conducted a Twitter contest that invited the public to watch a video of the Aug. 11 Operation Grocery D...
“For the manufacturers, there is no wasted distribution cost. They just pay for performance. They’re only paying when someone goes into the store and gets their product. That enables them to offer these larger discounts and get more...
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Roundy's here said Friday it has hired two new senior executives: Don P. Hamblen as chief marketing officer and Jessie W. Terry as chief human resource officer.
Hamblen succeeds Ronald Cooper, group vice president, market...