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Peter Larkin, president and chief executive officer of the California Grocers Association since mid-1996, said yesterday he plans to resign in December to establish his own consulting business.
The Rocky Mountains served as the breathtaking backdrop of a networking cocktail reception held outdoors last week on the Broadmoor's Mountain View Terrace. It was part of the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association's...
Shoppers prefer to receive their favorite promotions at home, according to a new SN survey. This desire for convenience means they value traditional freestanding inserts in Sunday newspapers and they like to receive coupons and product samples in...
Utilizing a combination of convenience and class, The Fresh Market is out to capture shoppers one or two meals at a time. The Greensboro, N.C.-based retailer, founded 25 years ago, represents a unique threat to traditional supermarkets, targeting...
Kroger shoppers perusing the cereal aisle this month are likely to be met with the smile of 40-year-old employee Tracy Head. But not because she's punching the clock. Tracy's picture is appearing on boxes of Kellogg's Special K cereal distributed...
It's the calm after the storm. The hair care category has seen top-to-bottom changes in products, packaging and marketing in recent years. Retailers and wholesalers told SN that little new has been announced so far this year, and nothing...
Convenience trumps everything in today's meals market, and retailers are doing their best to deliver it. The strategies for getting customers to think and say and in the same breath run the gamut, but there's no doubt many ideas have been borrowed...
Albertsons, Kroger and Safeway are among the retailers merchandising Mrs. Renfro’s pink-lidded Green, Mango Habanero, Black Bean, Raspberry Chipotle, Habanero and Peach salsas during the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month of October.
Ahold banners Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover today will lower everyday prices on “meal makers” — soup, sauce, pasta, rice, canned vegetables and other packaged Center Store grocery items — according to the stores’...
Wegmans Food Markets has debuted a new program that promises to teach shoppers the secrets behind the selections in the chain's prepared food department. The fall 2007 issue of Wegmans Menu Magazine features take it. make it. meals, highlighting...