Candy & Gum

Usher Candy Prepack Floorstand
HML Designs Inc.

Product: Bulk candy
Number of displays: 9,000
Average unit cost: $400 (manufacturing cost)
Distribution: Grocery stores, chain convenience stores and drug stores
Introduction: February 1992
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Metal frame with plastic containers
Selling and storage of bulk candy is made attractive and easy with the use of a display that fits "everywhere and anywhere," an official says.

Products: Mini Sampler, Mini Cherries and novelty products
P-O-P company: Alliance Display Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.
Distribution: Mass merchants, chain drug and grocery stores
Construction: Corrugated cardboard

Product: Brach's Candy
P-O-P companies: Riemer & Associates, Northfield, Ill. (designer); Great Northern Corp., Racine, Wis. (manufacturer)
Distribution: Mass merchants, drug and grocery stores
Construction: Corrugated cardboard
Comments: Creating in-store excitement, a play-house size gingerbread house can sit on top of cut cases, function as a centerpiece or hang from the ceiling. Promoting a baking theme with a free recipe and craft booklet, the display showcases those candies that are best suited for baking.

Introduction: January 1992
P-O-P company: Great Northern Display Group
Background: Promoting a free offer for consumers is the goal of this floor unit for Big League Chew, one of Amurol's key brands. The 216- or 108-count floor units (shown) were designed to encourage multiple purchases.

Type: 4-foot, 16-bin endcap
Manufacturing process: Structural foam molding and clear-acrylic injection molding; sheet metal fabrication; litho printing process (graphics); metal tubing framework; plastic and aluminum extrusions
Introduction: May 1992
P-O-P company: AMD Industries, Chicago
Comments: Upscale, contemporary Pick-A-Mix display, holding 480 pounds of product. Manufacturing process allows display to be manufactured as an in-line unit, endcap or walk-around without changing the tooling.

Product: Assorted candy
Number of displays: 3,000
P-O-P company: Display Marketing Services, West Hartford, Conn.
Distribution: Chain drug, convenience and grocery stores
Introduction: January 1991 (6-foot version); July 1991 (54-inch version)
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Wire rack with metal tubular frame
Sweets are receiving secondary placement in retail stores. The sides offer peg-hook capabilities for optimal use of retail space.

Type: 16-bin, walk-around display
Manufacturing process: Sheet metal fabricating; litho printing process (graphics); fabricated plastic sheets; heavy-duty fiber tube base with granite paint finish; and aluminum extrusions
Introduction: April 1992
P-O-P company: AMD Industries, Chicago
Comments: Fiber tube base gives structural strength and allows a smaller footprint.

Introduction: January 1991
P-O-P company: Gamon International Inc.
Background: A compact footprint is the hallmark of this unit, which is a wire rack designed to hold two 18-count trays.