Tag Archives: Grocery

Meal Solutions are Important to Frugal Shoppers

The restaurant industry is feeling the pinch of consumers deciding to eat in rather than splurge on expensive or even moderately priced evenings out. However, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction and in this case it’s the meal solution.  Manufacturers and retailers are hitting the market with low-cost, easy-to-prepare meal ideas [...]

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DataBar to Make Marketing Produce More Interesting

Do you prefer Chiquita Bananas over Dole Bananas? While you might not have pondered that question before, you may in the near future. Fresh Plaza reports that the Produce Electronic Identification Board (PEIB) is moving away from PLU codes and into the future with the DataBar. PLU codes are the 4-digit numbers we’re used to seeing [...]

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Miller Zell in the News

Here are a couple of articles that appeared recently hightlighting MZ’s expertise in retail design. Check it out!
Retail as Theater, The Hub Magazine, September/October 2008
John Wilkins, Vice President of Client and Retail Strategy, discusses how to use the retail space to create captivating displays that reinvent the brand for shoppers.
Relaying the Message, Grocery Headquarters, September 2008
Rick Barrick, Vice President [...]

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What’s a Grocer to Do?

Penn Traffic, owner and operator of leading food retailers P&C and Bi-Lo, recently inked an eight-year deal with C&S Wholesale Grocers to supply their more than 200 stores. Prior to this agreement, Penn Traffic maintained inventory, supplies and distribution for its own stores. In the wake of a shrinking economy and year over year losses, [...]

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