Sales & Marketing

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegman Food Markets, Inc. here is reportedly debuting a novel HBC service in its DeWitt location in Fayetteville, N.Y.: An esthetician is joining the store's staff.

TROY, Ohio -- Jenni Bair, food retail marketing manager for food equipment supplier Hobart here, earned LEED Accredited Professional status from the United States Green Building Council.

CHICAGO -- A profound shift in the competitive landscape is creating new growth opportunities for retailers, especially drug stores, once hammered by their supercenter rivals, according to a new report from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) here.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Two brothers who own Super Foodtown supermarkets in the New Jersey counties of Morris and Essex this week pleaded guilty to running a four-year coupon redemption scam that allegedly yielded them and a female accomplice over $1 million.

SALINAS, Calif. -- John Killeen has returned to Tanimura & Antle here, to fill a newly created position as v.p./marketing and business development. He was previously employed by Tanimura & Antle from 1997 until 2003, when he left to work for NewStar.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Nine Oklahoma supermarkets and three fuel centers are opening under a new banner -- Food Pyramid -- following a change in ownership from Albertsons LLC to Springfield, Mo.-based RPCS, Inc., which also operates Ramey, Price Cutter Plus, and Smitty's supermarkets.

CHICAGO -- A profound shift in the competitive landscape is creating new growth opportunities for retailers, especially drug stores, once hammered by their supercenter rivals, according to a new report from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) here.

SALINAS, Calif. -- John Killeen has returned to Tanimura & Antle here, to fill a newly created position as v.p./marketing and business development. He was previously employed by Tanimura & Antle from 1997 until 2003, when he left to work for NewStar.