IDEAS AND INNOVATION

  • Target has introduced “dealworthy,” a new low-priced brand of 400 everyday basics. Prices start at less than $1, with most items under $10. Target has also reformulated 40% of its “up&up” private brand products to meet new, higher quality standards. It also has added hundreds of new products to the line. The line now spans 2,000 items, with most under $15.
  • Lowes Foods, Winston-Salem, N.C., has introduced a dipping sauce line to complement its Chicken Kitchen prepared chicken. Flavors include Buffalo Wing, Sweet & Smoky and Zesty Kickin’.
  • Publix Super Markets has added a new flavor - vanilla shortbread cookie - to join six other annual limited-edition ice creams, including Bananas Foster and Irish Crème Salted Caramel. Each is now available in half-gallon sizes.
  • Marinated frozen salmon is now being sold at Weis Markets, Sunbury, Pa., under the Weis by Nature brand. The salmon comes in four flavors, including pepper and wild garlic.