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New sales and marketing division to provide industry-leading retail meat, seafood, deli and bakery services
IRVINE, Calif.—Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (ASM) today revealed its plans to launch a new division focused on retail meat, seafood, …

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Rural grocers a vanishing breed
June 25, 2010 | No Comments

Source: AP
Craig Chancellor tried everything he could, but last November he finally closed the Turkey General Store, leaving the small Texas Panhandle town without a grocery.
Although Chancellor tried to trim overhead and relocated a small …

‘Walmart Moms’ battle through tough economy
June 23, 2010 | One Comment
‘Walmart Moms’ battle through tough economy

Source: Brandweek.com
Political pundits are discuss ing “Walmart Moms” as a crucial cohort in this fall’s elections. But the sheer number of such women also means they’re a crucial constituency for marketers as the economy struggles …

Target, Ben & Jerry’s encourage consumers to ‘Scoop it Forward’
June 23, 2010 | No Comments
Target, Ben & Jerry’s encourage consumers to ‘Scoop it Forward’

Source: SupermarketNews.com
Target and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream have teamed to encourage volunteerism through a new program called Scoop it Forward.
Beginning this week, Target is the exclusive merchandiser of two new Ben & Jerry’s ice …

Smart & Final debuts hybrid grocery store concept in Denver
June 23, 2010 | No Comments
Smart & Final debuts hybrid grocery store concept in Denver

Source: The Denver Post
Part warehouse grocery, part conventional supermarket. That’s what customers will experience at SmartCo Foods, a new chain that opened the first of its five Denver-area stores Tuesday.
SmartCo is pitching an all-things-to-all-shoppers approach …

Walmart details plans for Chicago stores, community outreach
June 22, 2010 | No Comments
Walmart details plans for Chicago stores, community outreach

Source: ProgressiveGrocer.com
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has officially unveiled its plans to work with the city of Chicago to build several dozen stores that will create about 12,000 jobs over the next five years.
Part of a long-term …

ASM continues Network of Executive Women sponsorship
June 22, 2010 | No Comments
ASM continues Network of Executive Women sponsorship

Advantage Sales and Marketing (ASM) recently entered into a second year of silver-level sponsorship of the Network of Executive Women (NEW), a not-for-profit educational organization for women in the consumer products (CPG) and retail industries.

Bi-Lo introduces health-and-wellness program, company dietitian
June 22, 2010 | No Comments

PromoPoint Marketing’s “Bi-Lo thrive!” health and wellness program was recently featured in an article in Progressive Grocer.
Source: Progressive Grocer
Bi-Lo has introduced a health-and-wellness initiative, “Bi-Lo thrive!,” which includes the services of a full-time registered dietitian to teach …

Ralcorp to buy American Italian Pasta
June 22, 2010 | One Comment
Ralcorp to buy American Italian Pasta

Source: Market Watch
Ralcorp Holdings made a bigger push into private label foods Monday, saying it plans to acquire American Italian Pasta Co. for $1.2 billion. It also announced separate deals for two small cracker makers.
In …