LOS ANGELES — Unified Grocers here said Wednesday sales and earnings increased during the first fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, buoyed by the company's specialty-products division....More
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Dollar Tree here said Wednesday it plans to continue to install freezers and coolers at additional stores this year “because frozen and refrigerated product drives traffic into our stores.”...More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here posted a loss of about $18 million for its second fiscal quarter in what was likely its last report as a publicly traded company....More
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday named Alex Gorsky, a long-time company executive, to become chief executive officer effective April 26, 2012, the date of the company’s annual meeting....More
TORONTO — More than 1,500 workers at 12 Zellers locations in Ontario said they have ratified a new, three-year agreement with the chain as their union launches a battle with Target Corp., the company that is buying some of their their stores....More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — To help shoppers with the eternal question, “What’s for dinner?” Price Chopper here has launched a new Meal Central Solutions Center....More
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here said Tuesday same-store sales in its U.S. operations rose 1.5% with higher traffic for the fourth quarter — the second consecutive period of positive comp sales and the fourth consecutive quarter of comp improvement....More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Natural and organics products distributor United Natural Foods Inc. here said Tuesday that it has named longtime foodservice distribution executive Richard Schnieders to the company’s board of directors....More
