Supermarket News

Study: Medicaid Cuts May Force 11,000 Pharmacies to Close

May 21, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Reaffirming past estimates, an economic impact study of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 found that 11,105 pharmacies across the country could close due to reductions in the Medicaid reimbursement rate, which is well below their cost to fill prescriptions. ...

Meijer to Offer Additional Fuel Discount

May 21, 2008

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer said yesterday that beginning June 1 it will cut prices 10 cents per gallon for customers using their Meijer consumer credit cards when purchasing fuel at Meijer gas stations. ...

NRF Applauds Passage of ‘Expiration Date’ Bill

May 21, 2008

WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation here and NRF's National Council of Chain Restaurants division welcomed yesterday’s Senate passage of legislation that would protect retailers and restaurants from lawsuits over credit card expiration dates printed on customers' receipts....

A&P Heir Dead at 97: Reports

May 21, 2008

LYFORD CAY, Bahamas — Huntington Hartford II, the A&P heir noted for extravagantly spending a fortune on money-losing ventures and costly divorces, died at his home here at age 97, reports said Tuesday. ...

Harris Teeter Encourages Private-Label Picnic Purchases

May 21, 2008

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Harris Teeter is rewarding shoppers who purchase its yourhome private-label brand of paper and plastic products with $5 off their next purchase. ...

NAD Deems General Mills Actions Appropriate

May 21, 2008

NEW YORK — The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has determined that General Mills took appropriate action when it discontinued advertising claims that were challenged by Campbell Soup Co. as being misleading. ...