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In This Week's Viewpoints
Dan Alaimo:
The Pace of Change Challenges Food Retailers
Supermarket News
Technology Offers 5% Sales Opportunity: Study
TORONTO — Successful retailers are focused on effectively and efficiently using technology and sound strategies to tailor assortment and pricing practices to address the specific dynamics of the markets they serve, according to a new study conducted by Karabus Management here and Willard Bishop, Barrington, Ill. ...
Bashas’ Launches New Food Court Format
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Bashas’ today debuted a new store format in Goodyear, Ariz., featuring a food court that offers customers a wide range of Italian, Asian and American cuisine, including paninis, fried rice, stuffed peppers, Mongolian beef and fresh pizza. ...
Sears Posts $146M Loss, Will Close 8 More Stores
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings here on Tuesday reported a third-quarter loss of $146 million and said it would close another eight stores as a difficult retail environment contributed to a 9% decrease in comparable-store sales. ...
FDA Issues Food Safety Progress Report
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration here issued a report yesterday about the progress it’s made under its year-old Food Protection Plan. The risk-based model addresses food safety and defense by focusing on prevention, intervention and response throughout the life cycles of domestic and imported foods....
Save-A-Lot Unveils Several Staff Changes
ST. LOUIS — Save-A-Lot, the limited-assortment chain here that is owned by Supervalu, Minneapolis, yesterday said it has hired four new executives and promoted three others....
Shoppers Cut Back on Meat Purchases
NEW YORK — Americans are buying less meat and cooking more often from scratch, and a growing number are planning a vegetable garden, a Parade magazine survey shows....
Walgreen Co. Completes Acquisition of Specialty Pharmacy
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. here reported yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based McKesson Corp.’s Specialty Pharmacy, a business within McKesson’s Specialty division....
Group Publishes Standards for POS Activation of DVDs
ENCINO, Calif. — The Entertainment Merchants Association said yesterday that it has published threshold standards for benefit denial technology that would allow DVDs and video games to be shipped to retail outlets in an inoperable state and subsequently enabled at the point of sale....
Daymon Offers Private-Label Traceability System
STAMFORD, Conn. — Private-label broker Daymon Worldwide here has partnered with San Francisco-based TraceTracker to deliver traceability services to the private-label consumer products industry....
Spartan Uses Web-Based Carrier Scheduling at Two DCs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores has successfully deployed the Retalix Dock Scheduling software application at its distribution centers here and in Plymouth, Mich. ...
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