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Martin Schneider

Articles by Martin Schneider

ASSOCIATIONS SQUARE OFF ON SAFETY REGULATIONS

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of several food industry associations presented Congress last week with divergent views on the need to create a single federal agency

STRIKE CONTINUES AT SHOP RITE STORES

WEST BERLIN, N.J. -- The union representing 1,400 striking workers at 10 Shop Rite supermarkets in southern New Jersey, supplied by the Wakefern Food

WINN-DIXIE LOWERS ESTIMATES, CUTS DIVIDEND

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores sent a strong signal last week that its long-running effort to attract new business is bearing little fruit.It

SHURFINE-TOPCO MERGER WOULD CREATE $3.45B COMPANY

NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Shurfine International, a private-label manufacturer and distributor here, said last week it has signed a letter of intent to merge

ALBERTSON'S: MOMENTUM UP, PLANS TO 'PLAY OFFENSE'

NEW YORK -- Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, last week outlined its plan to "unleash its full potential."Larry Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer,

POSSIBLE STRIKE LOOMS AT SAFEWAY, ALBERTSON'S

SAN FRANCISCO -- Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., and Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, last week were preparing for a possible strike by more than 22,000 employees

BIG V CONSIDERS THREE OPTIONS IN REORGANIZATION

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Big V Supermarkets, Florida, N.Y., as part of its financial restructuring, is looking into three possible directions: sale of the

IRI AGAIN TRACKS WAL-MART SALES DATA

CHICAGO -- Information Resources Inc. here this month announced it will resume offering Wal-Mart sales data, despite the retailer's decision to stop providing

COST EFFICIENCIES RAISE STAKES FOR C-STORES

The C-store industry is quickly playing catch up and applying the formula that supermarkets have followed for years -- taking costs out of the distribution

SENTRY MAKEOVER STIRS UP LOCAL OPPOSITION

MILWAUKEE -- The decision by Fleming, Dallas, to remodel its 10 corporate-owned Sentry Food stores here as warehouse-format Fresh 4 Less units has run

AIMING TO PLEASE

Food retailing has become an increasingly difficult juggling act.Economies of scale tempt companies to offer everyone everywhere the same products. Customers,

STORES PUSH MINORITY RECRUITING AT CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON -- The food industry was out in force to bolster recruitment efforts among minority communities last week during the National Urban League

WAKEFERN: BIG V IS JUST LOOKING FOR A TAKEOVER

TRENTON, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. charged that Big V Supermarkets wants to withdraw from its contract with the Elizabeth, N.J.-based membership cooperative

ERGONOMICS DEBATE BEGINS AGAIN

WASHINGTON -- Food industry associations here are bracing for another round of debates on workplace regulations as the Department of Labor began a series

SHAW'S LOCAL SET TO STRIKE SHOULD TALKS NOT SUCCEED

EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 791 employed by Shaw's Supermarkets here last week voted to strike