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Imported foods and beverages are doing so well at H.E. Butt Grocery Co. that the retailer plans to test its first international foods aisle. A 72-foot aisle is slated to launch next month in an Austin, Texas, H-E-B store, according to its...
When it comes to beauty care, supermarkets are expected to carry the latest and greatest without confusing shoppers. But the latest in the category has been flanked by two distinct if not contradictory product approaches the natural and the...
EPA FINES SAFEWAY FOR UNREGISTERED PRODUCTS SAN FRANCISCO The Environmental Protection Agency here fined Safeway $675,000 for allegedly selling unregistered household cleaning products with misleading labels. The items included toilet bowl...
Fried chicken wings displayed on end in a vase of rice, wedges of cheese rising vertically into the air, cookies on sticks and cupcakes stacked in pretty cups. Such twists in visual landscaping characterized this year's Show & Sell Center at the...
As Bashas' celebrates its 75th anniversary, it sees plenty of room to grow its expanding portfolio of store banners without leaving its home state of Arizona. While it could distribute as far north as Las Vegas, as far west as Palm Springs, Calif...
DAYTON, Ohio Dorothy Lane Market got customers in a grilling mood and rang up impressive sales last weekend with a sidewalk sale that featured whole Alaska Sockeye salmon. By the end of the two-day sale, the store that hosted the event had sold 2...
LAKELAND, Fla. Licensed product sales at Publix Super Markets here runs the gamut from Disney souvenir items in the Orlando, Fla., area to other products offered on a local basis, said spokeswoman Maria Brous. With sports licenses, a good deal of...
Kroger Co. here, the largest traditional supermarket chain in the United States, knows its customers perhaps as well as the mom-and-pop operators who can greet their shoppers by name. The company owes this knowledge to its partnership with British...
Giant Eagle, a widely acknowledged leader in supermarket video, will close its rental departments, putting more of an emphasis on sell-through DVDs and automated rental kiosks, a company spokesman confirmed. The chain received SN's first...
As grilling season heats up, producers are sweating the rising cost of animal feed, which, along with other factors, has caused a spike in prices and a decline in supplies of chicken, beef and pork products. Several retailers have either cut back...