Price Rite will roll out its new Marketplace concept, which features revamped produce and bakery departments and other perimeter story upgrades, at 17 more stores this year.
Cherry industry leader Stemilt Growers is gearing up for a big crop of late-season Half Mile Closer to the Moon cherries and encouraging its retail partners to promote the variety aggressively.
Juliemar Rosado, director of retail and international marketing for the National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB), Winter Springs, Florida, says with a category item like watermelons, good merchandising is important because it confirms the value, health and versatility of the product, which are some of the primary drivers for watermelon sales.