Circular Features

ATLANTA - Self-scan checkouts are being billed as a panacea for supermarkets, discounters, and other retailers, but don't expect to see them in Target Stores any time soon.

NEW YORK - ConAgra plans to revive the "talking tub" pitch for its Parkay spread next month with the help of a motion sensor and voice chip, Reuters reports.

PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to organize employees at Norristown, Pa.-based Genuardi's Family Markets, five United Food and Commercial Workers union locals are planning a big campaign over Memorial Day weekend, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

NEW YORK - According to the just-released eMarketer report, CPG Online, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, which are among the world's leading advertisers in terms of both total budgets and marketing expertise, account for a remarkably small portion of overall internet advertising.

MINNEAPOLIS - Cub Foods on Monday said it has filed a lawsuit against Rainbow Foods, its parent company Fleming, and H.Brooks, a produce distributor, alleging that for more than a year, Rainbow has engaged in an ongoing scheme to steal Cub's Sunday newspaper advertisement prior to their publication.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. posted modest sales increases for April, hurt in part by comparisons to a particularly robust month in March because of the early Easter holiday, Dow Jones news wire reports.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. today announced four new directors in its restructured marketing department: Joanne Gage, Larry Beck, Judy L. Holland, and John Opasinski.

WINDSOR, Conn. - A new survey measuring shoppers' preferences for grocery circular advertising was revealed today at the FMI Advertising/Marketing Executive Conference in Miami Beach, Fla.