Supermarket News
Sustainability, Green Store Design Gain Favor
ARLINGTON, Va. - Reducing energy costs, sustainability and green store design are high priorities for supermarket operators, according to Food Marketing Institute Facts About Store Development 2007 survey, highlights of which were announced yesterday....
Food Lion Deploys DC Yard Management System
SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion has deployed the Retalix Yard Management system at its 1.8-million-square-foot headquarters distribution center here, Dallas-based Retalix announced yesterday. ...
Mid-Atlantic Workers Approve Pact
BALTIMORE -- Workers at Safeway and Giant Food stores in this region voted to approve a new contract yesterday with two locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers, according to reports. ...
Penn Traffic Gets Extensions on Credit Agreements
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Penn Traffic Co. here said it has secured extensions to its existing credit agreements, which were set to expire April 13. ...
Giant Stores Close for Union Vote
LANDOVER, Md. — Giant Food Stores here will close most of its stores from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today to allow employees who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 400 and 27 to vote on a new contract agreement that was reached over the weekend, a Giant spokesman told SN yesterday. ...
Giant Eagle Accuses Chocolate Makers of Price Fixing
PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle filed a federal lawsuit last week that accuses major chocolate makers of conspiring to fix prices to limit competition, according to published reports....
Analysts See Need for Tailored Offering at Tesco
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Ahead of Saturday’s announcement by Tesco that it would stop opening Fresh & Easy stores in the U.S. for the next three months to evaluate the business, analysts and observers had told SN they expect the company to make several changes at the 59-store chain, including tailoring the offering to better individual neighborhoods. ...
Uniform Recall Process Expected in the Second Half of ’08
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — A joint Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association initiative aimed at improving and bringing consistency to product recalls expects to deploy a uniform industrywide process “sometime over the second half of the year,” said Beverly A. Grant, chief channel officer, US CBD Grocery Channel, Procter & Gamble. ...
Noddle Calls for Collaboration on Industry Recruitment
PALM DESERT, Calif. — With 50% of corporate leadership aged 50 or above at Supervalu, Jeff Noddle, chairman and chief executive officer, said the Minneapolis-based company is striving to educate itself about the needs of its future leaders and prepare itself to meet their needs. ...
WAFC Marks 50 Years of Education Partnership
PALM DESERT, Calif. — The Western Association of Food Chains has been sponsoring the Food Industry Marketing program at the University of Southern California for 50 years — a milestone marked yesterday at the association’s annual convention here. ...
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