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Aggressive promotions are changing frozen novelties from a seasonal to a year-round business in some markets.Dollar sales of novelties nationwide in supermarkets are almost flat -- up 0.7% to $1.58 billion for the 52 weeks ended Dec. 28, 1997...
Schultz Names Treasurer, VPltz Sav-O Stores here has announced two executive appointments. Michael R. Houser has been named executive vice president marketing of and merchandising and Armand C. Go has been named treasurer and chief accounting...
LOS ANGELES -- The information technology executives who will assemble here for the Food Marketing Institute's MarkeTechnics conference Feb. 22 to 24 are seeking solutions ranging from basic pricing and promotion tracking systems to providing home...
CHICAGO -- More supermarkets are being sold on the sales-building potential of continuity programs, while marketing firms are developing more offbeat promotions to appeal to them, said buyers and exhibitors at the ninth annual Association of...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week its Stillwater, Minn.-based Cub Foods subsidiary has purchased three franchised Cub stores in Indianapolis -- expanding its corporate store base there to seven -- as part of a strategy to increase its...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- Jewel Food Stores here -- a division of American Stores Co., Salt Lake City -- said last week it will enter the Milwaukee market with its Jewel-Osco combination stores when it completes the purchase of five stores there Feb...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- For irradiation to become widely used as a food-safety measure, consumers have to want it -- but a newly planned campaign to persuade them to want it faces an uphill battle.Three food-trade associations hope to help change the...
CHICAGO -- IGA here said last week it has appointed a Strategic Marketing Committee to provide overall direction for its marketing and retail programs.upport our Red Oval Family partners and expand the quality and value of IGA to our retailers and...
Food retailers should make a New Year's resolution to fix the so-called "Millennium Bug" next year, advise technology experts.The bug, or problem, is that many computers are designed to recognize only the last two digits in the current year...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said the addition of new business helped it achieve record sales for the third quarter ended Nov. 29. o $40.25 million for the quarter -- despite the loss of equity income resulting from the sale of ShopKo Stores...