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More than half (52.6%) of consumer packaged goods companies polled by the Grocery Manufacturers Association said they have low presence or engagement in social media, according to findings revealed last week at the GMA CPG Social Media Forum.
Mackenthun's, a one-store operator, is expected to upload to its website its first video feature created with Food4UTV, a new Minneapolis-based video producer and food-information purveyor.
Contrary to a Financial Times report, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market does not have a new loyalty program in the works, spokesman Roberto Munoz told SN.
Gift card sales were down 6% last holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. The category could clearly use a hand, and philanthropic gift cards, which are all about doing just that, may be the ticket. Nonprofit organizations...
Even when its 20 degrees in Fairfield, Ohio, cigar enthusiasts can be found puffing away on the heated terrace at Jungle Jim's International Market's Oscar Event Center. For folks there, Thursday night means cigar-tasting night a chance to catch...
High unemployment and lingering consumer debt still appear to be weighing heavily on shoppers this holiday season, as retailers reported tepid sales growth for the Thanksgiving weekend. The traditional start to the year-end shopping binge was...
Supermarkets love buy-one, get-one-free promotions because they draw a lot of customers and move a lot of volume. But in this new era of sustainability, some retailers think there's a better way to BOGO. Tesco, for one, believes that BOGO...
Food Lion will double the number of its Bottom Dollar discount stores and push pricing at its flagship banner closer to that of Wal-Mart in 2010 as part of a New Game Plan unveiled last week by officials of its Belgium-based parent, Delhaize Group...