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Wal-Mart Private Label Could Exceed 40%: Analyst
Jan 08, 2009, Supermarket News
Citigroup Global Markets is predicting private-label penetration at Wal-Mart Stores could exceed 40% over the next three years as the company replaces slow-moving brands with own-label products.

City Market Draws From Grass Roots
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By CHRISTINA VEIDERS
Kurt Jaeger is an independent operator who has benefited from the economic downturn with the sale of 37 Minyard Food Stores stores earlier this year to Grocers Supply Co., Houston. The softening economy was partly to blame for the shedding of stores, Minyard company officials told SN in July. The former Minyard family-run chain, based in Coppell, Texas, has been under private-equity

Pricing Is a High-Wire Act: Analyst
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By MARK HAMSTRA
Retailers will continue to walk a tightrope between driving sales and maintaining profit margins in 2009, according to one analyst interviewed by SN. There's a delicate balance that needs to be struck now between maintaining sales momentum and maintaining respectable gross margins, and it's hard to do both, said Gary Giblen, executive vice president of Goldsmith & Harris, New York, in a videotaped

Newswatch (NCBAÂ…)
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association here has named Trevor Amen to the position of manager, channel marketing, western region, replacing Susan Puentes. Amen most recently was market analyst, national meat purchasing office, at Whole Foods Market. He began his career as a marketing trainee at Safeway and later served as a national commodity specialist and buyer at Safeway. At NCBA, Amen

Blu Skies Ahead
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News - Subscribers Only, By JIM KAROLEFSKI
As a successor to the DVD format, Blu-ray is still in its infancy at supermarkets. When Blu-ray first hit store shelves, the buzz surrounding the format's undeniably sharper picture and sound quality superseded consumer acceptance, at least in the grocery channel. That's not to say sales have been poor. But with a format that is still largely confined to mass merchants and electronics stores, supermarkets

Time for Supermarkets to Showcase Nutrition
Jan 05, 2009, Supermarket News, By MARK HAMSTRA Retail/Financial Editor mark.hamstra@penton.com
Supermarkets have crafted a host of clever promotions and merchandising devices to accommodate budget-stressed shoppers, from cents off at the gas pump to expanded private-label programs. Convincing consumers that they can find good prices at the supermarket is easy, however, compared with what food retailers should be focusing on just as intently: persuading shoppers that supermarkets can not only

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