News & Archives // 2010
17Oct2010
Weis Markets Earnings Up for 8th Consecutive Quarter
Weis Markets, Inc. announced its third quarter net income increased 4.9% to $16.3 million and that its earnings per share for the same period increased 5.2% to $0.61 per share ...
13Oct2010
Dean Foods Transitioning Schepps Brand to Oak Farms in Dallas/Fort Worth
Dallas-based Dean Foods will convert its retail Schepps-branded dairy products to the Oak Farms brand in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by early 2011.
12Oct2010
Kroeker Leaving Dean’s Fresh Dairy Direct
Harrald Kroeker, president of the division since January 2008, is leaving "to pursue other interests."
12Oct2010
Giant Eagle Wins 4 EPA Awards for Green Practices
Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle has won four awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its green practices and sustainability efforts.
12Oct2010
Fresh & Easy Closing 6 Stores Each in Vegas, Phoenix
Closing of the stores, most of which are doing less than $50,000 weekly, is called temporary.
10Oct2010
How To Run Great Demos
A good demo can build sales and product awareness while improving the customer’s shopping experience. A bad demo is a waste of time and money. But an ugly one? Well, ...
10Oct2010
Virtual Shopping Wins For Nestle
When Nestlé wanted to revitalize the slow-growth U.S. ice cream category, it came up with the notion of ice cream cups. After all, cups offer consumers convenience/ portability, portion control, and ...
10Oct2010
Finding Truth
It seems the entire world is into SKU rationalization of one sort or another. Fewer items in the stores, fewer politicians you can trust, even fewer species on the planet. Do ...
02Oct2010
Whole Foods Partners with Non-GMO Project
Austin, Tex.-based Whole Foods Market's is partnering with the nonprofit Non-GMO Project to raise awareness about the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the food supply.
