Advantage Sales and Marketing announces acquisition of Pryority Food Marketing
June 3, 2013 | No Comments

New acquisition will expand Advantage Sales and Marketing’s best-in-class retail sales services in the perishables industry to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets
IRVINE, Calif.—Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today announced the acquisition of Pryority Food …

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Kraft wins Cadbury takeover bid
January 19, 2010 | No Comments
Kraft wins Cadbury takeover bid

Cadbury, the popular British chocolate and candy producer, has agreed to a $19.5 billion Kraft takeover agreement. The combination of brands makes Kraft the world’s largest confectionary company, replacing Mars Inc.
Kraft says the takeover will result …

Counterfeit version of weight-loss drug Alli appears on online drug stores
January 19, 2010 | No Comments
Counterfeit version of weight-loss drug Alli appears on online drug stores

Source: The Wall Street Journal
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned consumers about a counterfeit version of GlaxoSmithKline‘s weight-loss drug Alli.
Alli is sold over-the-counter in a variety of retail stores. The counterfeit version was purchased …

Supervalu may ‘simplify’ produce off shelves
January 19, 2010 | No Comments
Supervalu may ‘simplify’ produce off shelves

Source: The Packer
Supervalu Inc.’s shelf simplification plan suggests slimmer fruit and vegetable pickings for consumers and tougher dealing for produce vendors, analysts say.
The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based supermarket chain, aiming to curb costs and sell more …

P&G to launch its own online marketplace in effort to collect shopping habit data
January 18, 2010 | No Comments
P&G to launch its own online marketplace in effort to collect shopping habit data

Source: LA Times
The maker of Tide detergent, Pampers diapers and Gillette shavers is taking hundreds of its popular consumer products directly to shoppers through a new website.
The “eStore,” which Procter & Gamble Co. will launch …

ASM puts social learning to the test with sales management development associates
January 17, 2010 | No Comments
ASM puts social learning to the test with sales management development associates

Advantage Sales and Marketing was recently highlighted on Cornerstone’s Talent Management Blog in an article focusing on the use of a “slow build” approach to utilizing social media for informal learning.
Here’s an excerpt from the …

Walgreens plans to offer fresh food, prepared meals
January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Walgreens plans to offer fresh food, prepared meals

Source: Bloomberg
Walgreen Co. plans to offer fresh foods and prepared meals to draw “time-starved” shoppers to its more than 7,000 stores, taking on retailers such as Target Corp. and Kroger Co.
The drugstore chain has been …

Supermarkets look for fresh start in 2010
January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Supermarkets look for fresh start in 2010

Source: MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Supermarket chains, ground down by a year of price wars aimed at keeping hard-pressed customers, are starting 2010 wondering how much longer they can go without further harming their share …

Grocery stores see more signs of easing deflation in U.S.
January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Grocery stores see more signs of easing deflation in U.S.

Source: CNN Money
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Supermarket operators got another sign that deflation is easing in the U.S. with food prices posting their largest monthly increase in more than a year.
The U.S. Labor Department on Friday …