Shoplifting and tag switching raise store losses
Dear Ann Landers readers discuss the burden of shoplifting and tag switching on businesses. A Sherman Oaks manager notes losses of about 1 percent of sales from such acts, causing higher prices and time wasted, while readers argue about penalties and fairness.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Ronald Ziff
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Reston
Picks From The Pantry Expands With Two New Flavors
The April in Paris collection introduces Espresso Citron and Glacco Apricot on festive boxes featuring violet and magenta anemones.
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Paris
New Spring and Summer Chocolate Boxes and Smucker’s 100th Anniversary
A diverse spring and summer chocolate collection from adiva includes Mother's Day Oval Hatbox and Keepsake Box filled with chocolates and truffles. Godiva offers a Father's Day Cigar Box with premium chocolates. Les Tropiques Collection for summer features turquoise rattan prints and seashell motifs with a 24 piece box and a five piece Summer Truffle Box with Coconut Macademia and Strawberry Banana flavors. Post adds Cranberry Almond Crunch cereal flavor at 2.99 for 13 ounces. Smucker’s marks 100 years with events and a cookbook. free tips booklet available via mail in Orrville Ohio.
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Les Tropiques
Tropics
Smuckers
Jerome M. Smucker
J.M Srmucker Co
Department Slem
Strawberry Lane
Orrville
Ohio
Spring Ahead With ReaLemon Recipe Contest
ReaLemon promotes a free leaflet on product dating and a lemon chicken recipe contest with a grand prize of a week in Australia. Entry requires unpublished recipes, full details, and a dated cap from a ReaLemon bottle or a 3 by 5 card. Entries due July 15. winners notified August 15. professionals excluded.
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ReaLemon
Australia
Madison Aven
New York
N.Y
Stockpot Soups Show Fresh Flavor Edge Over Canned
Bonnie notes Stockpot refrigerated concentrates taste better than canned soups with Jamaica Black Bean and Vegetarian Gumbo variants. Jamaican Black Bean may be comparable to dried cup soups from Fantastic Foods and Knorr. The Salt and nutrition details vary by variety. Lemon poppy seed mix earns mixed praise. Betty Crocker mashed potatoes get flagged for artificial flavors. Ore-Ida offers faster, tastier frozen options.
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Marketing Intelligence Service
Stockpot
Bonnie
Fantastic Foods
Knorr
Betty Crocker
Table Settings Reflect Mood Not Just Food
The piece surveys table decor ideas from gourds to napkin rings and candlelight, noting heirloom porcelain, linens, and mixed-tea sets. It cites Sheila Chefetz on collecting teacups, Margaret Caselton on centerpieces, and crafts like bread-dough rings, suggesting travel finds and stacking mismatched dinnerware.
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Moores
Limoges
Sheila Chefetz
Viking Studio
Chefetz
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