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Fresh Dough: Hawthorne takes charge at Ocean Spray.Ocean Spray, Lakeville, MA, has brought in Pillsbury veteran Robert Hawthorne to turn around the troubled co-op.Hawthorne joined Ocean Spray as president-ceo 
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Aisle Racing: NASCAR, Kmart team on sales-driving premium/sweepstakes effort.Leave it to NASCAR. The stock-car racing association undertook its first-ever national in-store promotion this quarter, and who did it score as retail 
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Yo, SoyThree major food companies are jockeying to bring soy mainstream, even though other functional foods are currently faltering.In January, Kraft Foods bought 
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Detail DevilsQuality and level of detail make a difference in cloisonne lapel pins. (Trust us. We know from cloisonne lapel pins.) These nifty items are designed by 
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Ready to Serve: Kraft plans blitz into foodservice.Kraft Foods, Glenview, IL, has initiated a major push into foodservice with an expanded sales force and marketing assistance for foodservice clients.The 
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ASIAN INVASIONChicago-based True North Communications purchased 49% of Imada Wong Communications Group, which specializes in Asian-Pacific American Marketing Communications. 
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FROM Interstate To InternetThey don’t even call it the information superhighway anymore, but the Internet is still putting a big twist on marketing road shows – both in the way 
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Scratch ThisRealTime Media, the folks who brought us online scratch-off cards, is now offering Easy Money, a turn-key instant-win sweeps package. Marketers buy virtual 
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Traffic controlOnline promos get better mileage when they’re connected to offline traffic and sales. E-stakes, Chicago, links on-pack gamepieces to Web promos on a brand’s 
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Busier business cardMiller Brewing Co. wanted to make it easy for distributors to execute its responsible-drinking programs with retailers and local community groups. So 
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