The author stresses the importance of management in the future development of the convenience store industry.

The authors discuss the major challenges facing food retailers in the coming years.

Provides a framework around which a family owned retail food business can plan towards insuring it's future.

Develops a model for classifying products on impulse purchases and contribution to profits. Also shows how to implement the model in store merchandising strategies.

The study compares cost and benefits of carbon dioxide and vaccum packaged boxed beef distribution to retail grocery outlets.

The authors present how image analysis could be effectively utilized in Extension Education. A case study was conducted to support their contentions.