Supermarket News
Accuracy of Reports on Contactless Cards Questioned
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. — The Smart Card Alliance here said yesterday that a recent Associated Press story and subsequent news reports inaccurately linked security questions about an RF-enabled chip used primarily in transit applications with the contactless smart card technology used in financial payment cards....
Carnival Store to Include Dental Clinic
COPPELL, Texas — A remodeled Carnival store in Plano, Texas, will contain a dental clinic in addition to a nurse-staffed health clinic....
Frozen-Food Industry Loses Executive
MOUNT JOY, Pa. — A memorial service will be held here Saturday for Richard C. Funk, former president of the National Frozen Food Association (now the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association). ...
IGA Northwest Supermarkets Selects Promotion Planning Tool
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Revionics here announced yesterday that the IGA Northwest Supermarkets, a collection of more than 70 stores located across seven Western states, has selected the Revionics Promotion Planning and Optimization tool for the group. ...
Truck Stop Store Opens Medical Clinic
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In the latest development of in-store convenience care clinics, Pilot Travel Centers here, which operates travel centers incorporating convenience items, food and other general merchandise at truck stops, has opened a medical clinic with Roadside Medical Labs, Atlanta, in Cartersville, Ga....
Inventory Charge Slows Profit Growth for Kroger
CINCINNATI — Kroger here reported net earnings of $322.9 million on sales of $17.2 billion during the fiscal fourth quarter that ended Feb. 2. ...
Sobeys Sales Help Boost Empire Results
STELLARTON, Nova Scotia — Same-store sales gains of 2% at Sobeys supermarkets helped parent company Empire Cos. here lift third-quarter earnings 52% to $49 million, the company said Tuesday....
Food Retailers Increased Merger Activity in ’07
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — Food industry retailers completed 79 acquisitions in 2007, up from 69 in 2006 and just 24 in 2005, according to data released yesterday by Food Institute, based here. ...
Ahold to Buy Back 56 Stores in Dutch Deal: Report
AMSTERDAM — Ahold here will repurchase 56 supermarkets in the Netherlands from Schuitema, the supermarket retailer that Ahold has been seeking to divest. ...
Clinic Awareness, Use Growing: WSL Report
NEW YORK — Awareness of in-store clinics as a concept has increased from 38% last year to 47% this year, according to the Pulse report of WSL Strategic Retail here....
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