Real housewives of New Jersey, take notice: Kings wants you. The 75-year-old New Jersey chain earlier this month unveiled a new brand image that builds on its reputation for specialty goods and service by positioning the store as a destination for discerning foodies in the mainly well-heeled neighborhoods in which it does business.
Harps Food Stores. Riesbeck Food Markets. Coborn’s. Windham IGA. These are only some of the retailers whose leaders trumpeted a message at last week’s NGA Show that really isn’t new but seemed fresh....More
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
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
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
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Reasor’s said it is scheduled to break ground on two new stores in Oklahoma on Wednesday, one in Sand Springs and one in Bixby....More
TORONTO — George Weston Ltd., the parent of Loblaw Cos., said Tuesday it has hired Richard Dufresne as chief financial officer, a position he has held for the past six years with Montreal-based retailer Metro Inc....More
