Supermarket News
California Includes Whole Foods in Contaminant Lawsuit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California attorney general has filed a lawsuit against four body care household-cleaning product companies, including Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas, whose products have tested highest for the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-dioxane. ...
Bloom Adds Guiding Stars; Food Lion Next
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion's Bloom banner has rolled out the Guiding Stars nutritional rating system to all 61 locations and is planning a series of promotions as the Food Lion banner completes the rollout of the program to its 1,200-store network next month, a spokeswoman for Bloom told SN yesterday. ...
Penn Traffic Posts $12.4 Million Loss as Sales Dip
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Penn Traffic here yesterday reported a loss of $12.4 million for the first fiscal quarter that ended May 3, down from a loss of $7.4 million in the year-ago quarter. ...
Supervalu to Eliminate 135 Jobs in Outsourcing
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said yesterday it has decided to partner with a third-party provider to perform certain services within its finance function — a decision that will reportedly result in eliminating 135 positions from the company's finance and accounting team....
Executives Buy Out No Frills Chain
OMAHA, Neb. — No Frills Supermarkets here has reached an agreement to sell the company to a group of seven of the chain’s executives, the company said yesterday. ...
Ethics Guidelines, Correspondence Seized From Shoppers
LANHAM, Md. — Correspondence regarding the transfer of a liquor license from one store to another, as well as correspondence regarding intersection improvements at the site of another store, were among items seized by federal investigators at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy’s headquarters here as part of an investigation into Sen. Ulysses Currie, a Maryland state legislator who also served as a consultant for Shoppers, according to an evidence recovery log released this week by federal authorities. ...
Hannaford Suits Assigned to Maine Federal Court
PORTLAND, Maine — More than 20 lawsuits stemming from Hannaford’s credit card security breach have been consolidated and assigned to U.S. Federal Court here, court filings show. ...
Online Product Recall Portal Slated to Launch This Summer
DALLAS — The Food Marketing Institute and GS1 US plan to launch the Product Recall Collaboration Zone, an online portal allowing manufacturers to disseminate standard recall information to retailers, by late summer of this year, said Patrick Walsh, FMI’s vice president of industry and trade development. ...
IGA to Introduce MyPyramid Promotion Next Year
CHICAGO — IGA here said it plans to introduce a Hometown Healthy Challenge next year — a new national promotion tied to the MyPyramid Corporate Challenge sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...
Montana Cow Tests Positive for Brucellosis
BILLINGS, Mont. — A cow has tested positive for brucellosis, a serious livestock disease that had been declared nonexistent in U.S. cattle earlier this year, according to a published report. ...
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