Supermarket/Grocery

Product: Tylenol Healthcare products
P-O-P companies: Mechtronics (design and manufacture of plastic housing), Stamford, Conn.;
Distribution: Drugstores, supermarkets and mass merchants
Introduction: February 1997
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Plastic encasement; vacuum-formed plastic decorative elements; steel core support
The Tylenol Interactive Store and Health Information Center uses inexpensive video CD-ROM technology to provide practical patient information.

Product: Nabisco snacks
Number of displays: 16,000
P-O-P companies: Scott W. Baker Associates (design), Wayzata, Minn.; Tim-Bar Corp. (manufacture), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Distribution: Supermarkets and mass merchants
Introduction: August 1997
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
As part of Nabisco's $10 million sweepstakes promotion, this 9-foot-long corrugated yellow school bus packed with Nabisco products was parked in thousands of stores in August and September.

Marketer: Hershey Chocolate U.S.A., Hershey, Pa.
Objective: To achieve a high-visibility secondary placement in supermarkets.
Number of Displays: 5,000
Construction: The shipper is direct printed three colors on 200-pound B-flute bleached white with a four color litho label header. The base is direct printed three colors on 200-pound B-flute bleached white
Introduced: May 1997
Producer: McLean Packaging Corp., Philadelphia

Candy and Snack Merchandising Explode at the Point-of-Sale

Product: Gummi Beans candy
Number of displays: 2,000
P-O-P companies: Garform International (header design), Miami Lakes, Fla.; Omaha Box Co. (header die-cut, display manufacture), Omaha, Neb.; Ivy Hill Graphics (printing), Amityville, N.Y.
Distribution: Supermarkets
Introduction: March 1997
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
This colorful, die-cut header card introduces Trolli's new crunchy and sour Gummi Beans candies.