Circular Features

Mars Chocolate North America’s M&M’S, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way and 3 Musketeers brands are giving football fans the opportunity to party with the 2011 Super Bowl champions.

Christmas will last all year long for loyal HEB customer Irma Teeters, who has become the grand-prize winner in the Texas grocer’s “Countdown to Christmas” sweepstakes. Teeters’ prize is a year’s worth of free groceries, valued at $5,200, from her favorite grocery chain.

The USA Rice Federation has named Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover and Red Front Supermarkets its 2009 Retailers of the Year.

To further boost consumer purchases of avocados, leading up to and during the key Super Bowl sales period, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is implementing a marketing campaign that features football legend Joe Montana and highlights how consumers can plan Big Game party menus incorporating Hass avocados.

Sign-ups are now being accepted for the 10th annual Pathmark Gospel Choir Competition, which marks Black History Month by bringing together top choirs to sing their hearts out for $10,000 in prizes.

Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market now offers online coupons as an extension of its in-store value guide, The Whole Deal, which highlights everyday low prices on products, and offers low-budget recipes and meal-planning advice to help shoppers stretch their food dollars.

In today’s economy, U.S. consumers continue to feed on a back-to-basics and a “more meals at home” mentality.

December has been appropriately designated “National Pear Month” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as the winter offers the widest selection of in-season pear varieties.