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Nash Finch Pleased With Consumer Feedback Tool 

MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here said yesterday it is pleased with a consumer feedback tool it implemented at its 57 corporate stores in December. ...

UFCW 8 Absorbs Central California Local 

ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Members of two California locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers have voted to approve their merger, according to UFCW 8-Golden State here. ...

Speaker: Conventional Attitudes Impeding Health Category Killers 

LAS VEGAS — Conventional assumptions about the role of supermarkets may be impeding the development of a health-oriented category killer, an industry consultant told a National Grocers Association workshop audience here. ...

Kroger Partners With NASCAR Driver, Kimberly-Clark 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR driver Brad Coleman will have a paint scheme on his race car that features 181 Kroger employees from the southwest division who have been recognized for their service. ...

Aldi Targets Price Reductions in St. Louis Market 

O’FALLON, Mo. — Seeking to boost traffic among a shopper base troubled by rising food prices, Aldi said it would lower prices by 12% to 27% on more than 100 of its top-selling items at 60 stores serviced by its O’Fallon division here in a nine-week pilot program that may eventually be replicated in additional Aldi markets. ...

Judge Upholds Disbarment in Demoulas Case 

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week upheld the disbarment of two attorneys accused of seeking to discredit a judge in a 1995 battle over inheritance of the Demoulas Market Basket fortune, according to reports. ...

UFCW's Hansen Asks Prince for Tesco Meeting 

WASHINGTON - Joseph T. Hansen, international president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union here, asked Britain's Prince Andrew to help arrange a meeting with Tesco so the union can help the retailer gain a better understanding of the communities it serves. ...

Loblaw Looks to Extend Pricing Program 

TORONTO — Convinced that low pricing is driving improvements in same-store sales and volumes at its superstore and discount divisions, Loblaw Cos. here said it would will bring its price-investment strategies to conventional banners in 2008. ...

Home Delivery Drives Bigger Orders: Wakefern 

LAS VEGAS — ShopRite is seeing sales increase fourfold when orders are placed online for home delivery, Joe Sheridan, executive vice president for Wakefern Food Corp., Elizabeth, N.J. — which licenses the ShopRite name — told a general session at the National Grocers Association's annual convention here yesterday. ...

Compromising Quality Could Hurt Private Label: Speaker 

LAS VEGAS — Efforts by some retailers to lower prices on private-label products by asking manufacturers to reduce the quality of the ingredients they use could threaten the positive impression consumers have about house brands, a wholesale executive said here during a workshop session on food safety at the National Grocers Association's 26th annual convention. ...

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