For an entrepreneur running a store, it’s a constant balancing act between personal, business and everything in between. A small, independent retailer is constantly challenged with managing the business and yet maintaining a comfortable work/ life balance. The challenge is most real for Mom and Pop shops, where budgets are low for hiring extra staff…
Circle K Renews Lil’ Drug Store Supply
Circle K creates a multi-year agreement with Lil’ Drug Store Products to extend its partnership. Circle K renewed its supply relationship with Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc., a global consumer product company in the Health and Beauty Care (HBC) section. Lil’ Drug Store Products revolutionized the health and beauty care sections for convenience and other…
Pocket-Sized Pain Relief
Introducing new Lil’ Drug Brand Vials: Lil’ Drug Brand now offers four popular pain relief formulas in a convenient, pocket-size vial, ideal for convenience store shoppers. At only $2.99 for 10 pills, vials offer both value and convenience to on-the-go consumers, and easily fit into a pocket or purse. For retailers, Lil’ Drug Brand Vials…
Headache Medicine
Lil’ Drug Store Products, a leading Health and Beauty Care (HBC) supplier, offers new Headache Relief 4 ct. to c-store retailers, a new addition to the Lil’ Drug Brand. The headache medicine features ingredients comparable to Excedrin for relief that consumers trust with the added value of a private label and reliable supply from Lil’…
Quick And Over The Counter
Lil’ Drug Store Products now offers EZ OTC for convenience store retailers. There are 20 tablets in the convenience-sized package. The over-the-counter products can be sold for a suggested retail price of $3.99. EZ OTC has the value of private label from one vendor, and comes with one box size and one price point. The…
Paw Wipes For Pets
Retailers looking to boost general merchandise sales have a new option to target pet owners. All American Pet Co. Inc. introduces PAWTIZER—an antibacterial paw wipe for dogs. Retailers and their distributors are currently sampling the eight-ounce spray, and 45-count and 100-count wipes. The alcohol-free PAWTIZER kills 99.9% of the germs on a dog’s paws to…
Lil’ Drug Store Products Wins Award
Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc. reinforces its local commitment and leadership with “Here’s to Your Health” program for employees. Lil’ Drug Store Products Inc. (LDSP), a multinational company that pioneered the non-prescription drug market and revolutionized health and beauty care in the convenience, grocery, drug, and mass market retailing sectors, has received recognition for promoting…
Dill Pickle Lip Balm
Van Holten’s, the Waterloo, Wis.-based pickle-in-a-pouch manufacturer, is way out of the box with its new product offering: Big Papa Dill Pickle Lip Balm. Originally a quirky promotional giveaway, the response to the lip balm was so strong that the company has added it to its product line. Big Papa, Van Holten’s flagship pickle-in-a-pouch character,…
Emerging Opportunities for HBC
Retailers have come to accept that the health and beauty category (HBC) could never compete with tobacco or foodservice in terms of profits or volume, but it serves an important purpose for convenience store customers. For that reason alone, a diverse offering of cold medicines and personal hygiene products should be a staple on convenience…
Brands, Packaging Benefit HBC
With healthcare capturing so many headlines these days, the health and beauty category (HBC) has taken on added importance in the c-store set. Fueling much of the growth: smaller package sizes that save shoppers money and stimulate impulse sales. Medford, Ore.-based Minute Market has jumpstarted its HBC sales by mixing in smaller-sized packaging, according to…