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May 02 2013
When it comes to snack sales across America, convenience is the star as time-starved shoppers look for quick, portable food to help them keep moving throughout the day. At the same time, though, there is increased focus on healthier snacks that can serve as mini-meals consumed all day... |
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May 02 2013
We are fresh from another successful AWMA Show, this one in Orlando, FL, where some 1,500 attendees, including 225 exhibitors, attended to discuss business, learn about ways to improve their businesses, and make plans for future success. Overall, I thought the Show was... |
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May 02 2013
In 2013 I know we’ll all work hard within our own businesses and for the association, but as we do, we’ll have the opportunity to enjoy the many activities and programs through AWMA that bring us together. Today, we are blessed to have a strong and vibrant AWMA, a trade... |
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August 31 2012
A Cincinnati-based U.S. appeals court ruled March 19 that requiring graphic cigarette warning labels does not violate the free speech guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. The labeling, required by the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act, was challenged by tobacco... |
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August 31 2012
Salty snacks are still strong sellers for us,” says Paula Glidewell, vice president for Fort Smith, AR-based Glidewell Distributing Co. Inc. Americans are snacking more than ever and c-stores are positioned to capture those sales if they have the right mix of products for hungry shoppers.... |
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August 31 2012
AWMA’s inaugural Hall of Fame Awards were presented at Feb. 16 at the opening Super Session of the 2012 AWMA Show in Las Vegas to Steve Shing, corporate vice president, sales and marketing, at GSC Enterprises, Sulphur Springs, TX, and Jim Colucci, who recently retired after 37 years in the... |
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August 31 2012
Presented the chairman’s gavel during the opening Super Session, by outgoing chairman Keith Channing, managing partner, Pine State Trading, Augusta, ME, was 2012 AWMA chairman Chad Gummer, president and COO, Gummer Wholesale Inc., Heath, OH... |
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August 30 2012
By Bob Gatty There is a boom in western North Dakota caused by the Bakken oil field, where more than 200 drilling rigs, more than anywhere in the U.S. except Texas, are busy extracting crude from the earth. That boom has brought thousands of new high paying... |
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August 30 2012
“Wild Bill’s Bacon Jerky from Monogram Foodsis so hot, we can’t keep it in stock. We first tried it at NACS last year, and it’s incredibly good. Kelloggs Special K Crispsare a new... |
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August 30 2012
Candy company Perfetti Van Melle USA, located in Erlanger, KY, recently put together a promotion with a pile of its Airheads kids’ candy and the popular band Big Time Rush. It quickly became evident that there was a problem. The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), which helps... |
