Marketing

Bill Skeard, store manager at Colemans’ The Garden Market in Corner Brook, N.L., was the only Canadian among nine finalists in the Food Marketing Institute’s 12th Store Manager awards competition in May.

A lot of people have taken shots at Canada’s biggest grocer.

Men are from Mars.

It’s time to take your flyer beyond dollars and cents and tell customers what makes your store special

In January, fire destroyed Lee’s IGA in Fort Langley, B.C.

We’re launching a new award program to recognize the industry’s up-and-comers.

The voluntary group system once worked spectacularly well, both for retailers and wholesalers.

Ethnic grocers aren’t only changing the way business is done, but also the way staff loyalty is built.

Name brands have been winning the war for customer dollars lately.

Reading through the names of past recipients of the Golden Pencil Award is like going through a who’s who of Canadian grocery industry history: Sam Steinberg, Anthony Longo, David Sobey and Wallace and Harrison McCain.