Trade Promotion Management

Giant Food Stores is offering online manufacturer coupons supplied by Grocery Shopping Network (GSN) partner Coupons, Inc.

Southwest regional grocer Market Basket Foods Stores plans to install a price and promotion optimization solution to drive more consumer-centric pricing and promotions.

According to the 2009 Category Management Study released by sales and marketing management consulting and software solutions firm Cannondale Associates, the balance of power between manufacturers and retailers has shifted toward retailers, and this trend is expected to continue.

To help customers look up in a down economy, Publix has awarded the equivalent of more than $20,000 in its Win Free Groceries for a Year Sweepstakes, thanks to the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and Sargento.

Mothers with children under 18 are responsible for feeding 141 million individuals, and these moms are anxious about rising food prices and struggling to stay within a budget in this turbulent economy, according to a new report by The NPD Group, a leading market research company. The NPD report, entitled “What’s on the Minds of Moms and How They’re Coping Today,” finds that having enough money to meet their families’ needs is the top concern among moms today, and the majority of those moms aren’t optimistic about improvement in their situation, even in a year’s time.

Smith’s Food & Drug yesterday came to a tentative agreement on a new contract with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1564 of Albuquerque, N.M.

SFG Group, LLC, producer of the World Tea Expo, will offer a second event, World Tea East. The new regional conference and pavilion will be co-located with Natural Products Expo East, scheduled for Sept. 23 through Sept. 26 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The new event will include an East Coast edition of World Tea Expo’s popular New Business Boot Camp (NBBC).

On the heels of an overview about the creation of a national industry-funded national fruit and vegetable promotion board in last month’s PG Fresh Trends Alert, Elizabeth Pivonka, president and CEO of the Wilmington, Del.-based Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH), reached out to share a comprehensive update about the latest developments of the trade in a late May memo, excerpts of which follow below.