Ethnic Marketing

With ever-increasing sales and scores of new product introductions, yogurt is the dairy case's shining star.

Now more than ever, opportunity knocks in the inner city for both independent and chain food retailers.

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Fresh Brands' executive vice president Michael Houser and Wal-Mart's senior vice president of food merchandising John Westling will headline next week's inaugural SAMMY reception here.

TROY, Mich. - Kmart Corporation is using a new multicultural marketing campaign including radio and television ads to try and fill a niche with African-American and Hispanic shoppers.

BOISE, Idaho - During Black History Month Albertson's family of stores and the Coca-Cola Company are donating a portion of proceeds from sales of African-American manufactured and distributed products to museums across the country.

NEW YORK - This year's Store-Specific Merchandising and Marketing Conference -- being held April 10-12 at Disney's Grand Floridian Hotel in Orlando, Fla. -- is entitled, "Connecting with the New Consumer."

WASHINGTON - Plantings of genetically engineered crops across the globe increased nearly 20 percent last year despite resistance of consumers in Europe and elsewhere, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, The Associated Press reports.