Nonfoods

The participants in a recent PG executive roundtable filled up on helpful information about running a successful gasoline business.

Eclectic yet strategic choices of material and layout make Blue Moon Grocery a suitable retail home for artists and attorneys alike.

Wholesalers are using creativity and market-specific touches to help their independents outdesign the chain competition.

Retailers are likely to bag extra dollars like fallen leaves, if they capitalize on an especially rich harvest of timely fall promotions this season.

PITTSBURGH -- In an ongoing effort to keep the Rollback Man and tactics of other large format retailers at bay, Giant Eagle based here yesterday launched its third round of price cuts, slashing roughly 10 percent off the prices of nearly 3,000 items.

Wilmington, Del. -- Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH), its members and participating retailers translated nearly $4.6 million in state grants into fruit and vegetable promotion activities valued at $134 million, the foundation reported.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Despite intense supercenter and warehouse club competition in its core market, officials at Spartan Stores here, said they were able to hold the line on performance in the second quarter, with sales and earnings basically comparable to the year ago period.

WASHINGTON -- At a press conference here yesterday, public interest organizations Shape Up America and the National Consumers League demanded that the federal government act immediately to mandate the same standardized labeling information on beer, wine, and distilled spirits that currently appears on packaging for foods, beverages, and over-the-counter drugs.