Retail Financial Archive

Q3 Sales, Earnings Up at Unified Grocers 

LOS ANGELES — Unified Grocers here said yesterday gains from acquired distribution business in Seattle and a broad variety of offerings to meet changing consumer demand helped boost sales and earnings for the third quarter and 39 weeks ending June 28....

IGA Names Five Award Finalists 

CHICAGO — IGA here said yesterday it has chosen five finalists as IGA USA Retailer of the Year. ...

Amish Market Debuts Food Cellar Banner  

NEW YORK — Food Cellar & Co., a new grocery store banner associated with New York’s Amish Market chain, is scheduled to debut in the Queens town of Long Island City today. ...

Stater Reports Lower Q3 Earnings 

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Stater Bros. Markets here said yesterday the downturn in the economy resulted in a drop in net income for the third quarter and 39 weeks ended June 29, while increases in customer counts helped boost sales results. ...

Weatherill Named CEO at Brown & Cole Successor Company 

SEATTLE — The Markets LLC, successor company to Brown & Cole Stores here, has named Kevin Weatherill as president and chief executive officer. ...

Negative Outlook for Industry in 2009 

NEW YORK — The 2009 outlook for the food industry, particularly the packaged goods segment, is negative, Moody's Investors Service here said yesterday. ...

C&S Faces Fine for Warehouse Safety Violations 

HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration here has proposed fines of $133,000 against C&S Wholesale Grocers for alleged “repeat and serious safety violations” at its warehouse in Windsor Locks, Conn. ...

Shoppers Make Fewer Supermarket Trips: Report 

CHICAGO — Shoppers are making more trips to supercenters and dollar stores and cutting back on their supermarket visits, according to the latest Times & Trends report from Information Resources Inc. here. ...

Disaster Recovery  

Shopping in The Big Easy is still not easy for many inner-city residents. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, it's pretty much business as usual for...

Wal-Mart Counters Marketside Expansion Reports 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here told SN Friday the small-format Marketside stores it plans to unveil this fall in the Phoenix area are part of "a small-scale pilot, and we have no plans [for the format] beyond a handful of stores." ...

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