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WAYNE, N.J. -- Grand Union Co., in at least one store in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., has brought selected in-store bakery products to the entrance.ng of the traffic pattern. The bakery itself is in the opposite front corner of the store.On the day SN...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Piazza's Fine Foods here is fighting deli counter gridlock by reconfiguring department staffing to better reflect traffic flow.The focus for the staffing initiative is the operator's fresh, made-to-order sandwich program, a...
AKRON, Ohio -- Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. here is launching Fresh Market, a new format that will emphasize freshly prepared, ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat foods.The retailer is aiming for a piece of the home meal replacement market, according...
FLORENCE, N.J. -- Super Fresh Food Markets here and Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, Solon, Ohio, teamed up with Philadelphia's WMMR radio station to give away seaside vacations to eight lucky customers.The promotion, which ran from the end of April until...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- This fall Safeway will introduce "Fresh Ideas," a for-sale-at-checkout magazine with exclusive editorial about the chain and the products sold in its stores.Distribution of the magazine will be throughout all 840 Safeway units...
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. -- A ShopRite unit here has begun posting signs at each of its check-out stations pointing out that its bakery department bakes fresh Italian bread three times a day.a fresh loaf for you."The everyday price of the bread is $1.39...
More than the Olympics and the summer sun are heating up Atlanta. The contest for a chunk of this growing and increasingly sophisticated market for fresh meals is pitting powerful supermarket chains against each other -- as well as competitors...
Which store departments are being transformed into the battleground where the future of supermarkets is being fought?The answer at this moment seems to be any department having to do with fresh products. That's especially true as competition from...
FARM FRESH NAMES DAUGHTRY BAKERY VPhas appointed Don Daughtry to the newly created position of vice president of bakery merchandising.Most recently, Daughtry was a consultant to Abel & Schafer, a Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based manufacturer of bread and...
The biggest players in the natural foods retailing industry are becoming more formidable through consolidation.The almost simultaneous mergers of Whole Foods with Fresh Fields and of Alfalfa's with Wild Oats Community Markets would leave the...