Supermarket News

Safeway Canada Workers Approve Strike

Apr 10, 2008

BURNABY, British Columbia — Safeway workers who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518 here voted 99% in favor of a strike if a new labor contract cannot be reached, the union said yesterday....

Former Albertsons Executive Joins Board at Tech Firm

Apr 10, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Robert J. Dunst, a former chief information officer at Albertsons, was named to the board of directors of Altierre Corp., a provider of retail pricing technologies based here, Altierre said....

S&P Raises Corporate Rating for Safeway

Apr 10, 2008

NEW YORK — Citing improved credit metrics, lower debt and positive sales momentum, Standard & Poor’s here on Wednesday raised its corporate ratings for Safeway, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based retailer....

FreshDirect Extends Service Area

Apr 10, 2008

NEW YORK — FreshDirect today will begin offering its grocery delivery service in Scarsdale, N.Y., the Internet food retailer here said....

Mintel: Eco-Friendly Claims on New Items Growing

Apr 10, 2008

CHICAGO — The number of new products boasting environmentally friendly claims in 2007 was 328 — almost double the number of new items making similar claims the previous year, according to Mintel’s Global New Products Database....

GMDC Renames Golf Tourneys for Doug Blough

Apr 9, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS — GMDC’s board of directors, in conjunction with the organization’s Education Leadership Council, has honored GMDC's recently deceased long-time director of communications Doug Blough, by naming each of the association's two annual golf tournaments after him. ...