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Give Fresh Departments A Boost With Chinese New Year Promotions

Frieda’s Specialty Produce offers training and programming to help retailers ring in the Year of the Dog: Draw in shoppers to your store with the unique food experience of a Chinese New Year promotion. Frieda’s Specialty Produce offers special support to customers who book a Chinese New Year promotion by Jan. 10; it includes a […]

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Recommended: Kroger Is Challenging Amazon And Walmart In Advertising

When Amazon entered the grocery business with the acquisition of Whole Foods this year, it was thought to be a supermarket killer. The grocery business was already facing competition from general retailers like Walmart that operate on larger scales and offer lower prices, and invading European grocers like Aldi and Lidl, before the mammoth conglomerate […]

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Natural Grocers Offering Lower-Price Eggs To Loyalty Program Members

Natural Grocers is offering special egg pricing exclusively to members of its {N}power loyalty program. Through the end of the year, {N}power members will pay: $1.99 per dozen for 100 percent free-range eggs; $2.99 per dozen for 100 percent organic free-range eggs; and $3.99 per dozen for pasture-raised eggs. {N}power is a rewards program that provides […]

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Advantage Solutions, Daymon Worldwide To Offer Combined Services

Advantage Solutions and Daymon Worldwide are joining forces to create a suite of brand-centric and retailer-centric services for U.S. and international clients. Terms of the global transaction were not disclosed. Advantage, based in Irvine, California, is a North American provider of business solutions to consumer goods manufacturers and retailers, with a suite of technology-enabled services […]

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California Avocado Commission ‘Energized’ By Fresh Summit

For the California Avocado Commission (CAC), engaging with retailers, supermarket dietitians, the media and avocado stakeholders were among the highlights of the 2017 Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit in New Orleans. “The Commission held some very productive meetings with retailers and avocado stakeholders in our Fresh Summit booth this year,” said Jan DeLyser, CAC […]

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Coca-Cola Takes Top Spot, Pepsi Falls Behind In TotalSocial Rankings

Engagement Labs, a data and technology solutions provider, has released its TotalSocial rankings of the top-performing non-alcoholic beverage brands in the U.S. with respect to consumer conversations. The report is intended to “help brand marketers better understand the consumer conversations taking place about today’s top beverage brands both online and offline,” the company says. It […]

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CAC To Preview 2018 Marketing Programs At Fresh Summit

With the 2017 California avocado harvest wrapped up, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) is setting its sights on next season and introducing new plans at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit in New Orleans. The Commission will have a booth during the expo on Oct. 20 and 21. “The California Avocado Commission invites retailers […]

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Aisle 9 Retail Sells Assets To Marketing Management

Aisle 9 Retail Inc., a sales and marketing agency for emerging consumer package goods (CPG) in the grocery retail channel, has sold its assets to Marketing Management Inc. in an effort to “create a new, more resourceful company for clients.” The new entity established by Marketing Management Inc. is MMI Emerging Solutions LLC d/b/a Aisle […]