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Store brands for kids are on the radar of more retailers, now that Kroger has debuted its Disney Magic Selections line. Available exclusively on Kroger store shelves, the 100-plus-SKU line includes such kid-friendly items as waffles, cereal, pizza...
Clutter detracts from shopability. Less can certainly be more especially in smaller, urban locations if merchandising units in the aisles and a hodgepodge of merchandise at the front end make it difficult for shoppers to maneuver their way through...
After a long and steady expansion of its gift card offering, Winn-Dixie Stores has launched a major promotion in time for this year's holiday season, the retailer reported this month. Through its partner InComm, Atlanta, the retailer now carries...
In many ways, fresh food departments are in a great position heading into 2008. Sure, the price of fuel has led to rising transportation costs and to a surge in ethanol production that has sent the cost of corn and thus of meat, dairy and other...
Driven by factors ranging from worldwide droughts to burgeoning demand for corn-based ethanol, food prices rose steadily last year. And there are several indications most notably the federal mandates to continue increasing ethanol production for...
Supermarkets have long been the purveyors of others' brands, but some now see the opportunity to become more like brands themselves. The success of chains like Whole Foods, which had a strong brand image in the minds of consumers as a purveyor of...
After years of reprieves, the produce, meat and poultry industries may finally be required to comply with mandatory country of origin labeling by September 2008. Many retailers are looking forward to COOL with a level of enthusiasm usually...
A leaner, meaner Center Store is emerging from the shadows of perimeter departments. A focus on nutrition, specialty store brands and localized assortments is bringing a whole new luster to the section, which is becoming the beneficiary of...
The Value Improvement Program now under way at Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover stores in the U.S. involves a sophisticated and multidisciplinary approach to pricing, quality perception, costs and category management, but its effect can be summed up...
Some of the industry's most intriguing initiatives require food retailing executives to think in new ways about how they go to business. On the following pages are five ideas for supermarket operators to consider in the year ahead that might at...