Supermarket News

Sprouts Offers Incentives to Encourage Plastic Bag Reuse

Aug 5, 2008

PHOENIX — Sprouts Farmers Market began encouraging shoppers to BYOB (bring your own bag) here yesterday....

Former Albertsons CEO Warren McCain Dies at 82

Aug 5, 2008, By ELLIOT ZWIEBACH

BOISE, Idaho — Funeral services are pending here for Warren E. McCain, retired chief executive officer of Albertsons, who died Saturday at age 82....

Publix Sees Earnings Decline in Q2

Aug 4, 2008

LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets here on Friday said it suffered a profit squeeze in second quarter, as net income fell 3.5%, to $295.8 million, even though sales were up for the period. ...

Ingles Posts 13.1% Gain in Quarterly Sales

Aug 4, 2008

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Ingles Markets here on Friday posted double-digit gains in sales for its third fiscal quarter, and earnings also increased when adjusted for one-time gains in the year-ago period. ...

New GMDC Research Details Pharmacy Potential

Aug 4, 2008, By DAN ALAIMO

COLORADO SPRINGS — Stores with pharmacies have a total $4.8 billion opportunity among shoppers who fill a prescription but leave without purchasing anything else, according to new research commissioned by the Global Market Development Center, here....

Foote, Former Loblaw President, Named CEO at Zellars

Aug 4, 2008

TORONTO — Mark Foote, who in April resigned as president and chief merchandising officer of Loblaw in a management restructuring, was named president and chief executive officer at Zellar’s, the Canadian mass merchandiser, according to Hudson’s Bay Co., Zellar’s parent company, based here. ...