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Holiday Spending Down: Reports 

Retailers’ sales rose just 2.4%, excluding gasoline, during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, according to a report released this week by SpendingPulse, which uses data from MasterCard Advisors. ...

Giant Eagle Refunds Double-Billed Shoppers 

PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle here said the majority of the several thousand customers whose credit and debit cards were double charged on Dec. 14 due to a malfunctioning third-party point-of-sale processor were fully refunded last week. ...

Settlement ‘Promising’ in A&P Video Case 

MONTVALE, N.J. — The former A&P employees whose parody music video shot at a store got them fired and later sued are close to settling the case with the retailer here, according to one of the defendants. ...

Annual Sales Up, Profits Down for Unified 

LOS ANGELES — New-store growth and improved performance of perishable and specialty categories lifted annual sales at Unified Grocers 6.1% to $3.1 billion, the cooperative wholesaler here said Thursday. ...

Services Scheduled for Ream’s Founder 

SALT LAKE CITY — Services will be held here Dec. 27 for Paul Ream, founder of Ream’s Food Stores, a 10-store family-owned chain. ...

Stater Sees ‘Almost No Impact’ From Tesco 

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Although it already competes with 20 Fresh & Easy locations, Stater Bros. Holdings here has felt minimal impact from its new competitor, Jack Brown, Stater’s chairman and chief executive officer, said Wednesday. ...

Food Retail Associations Praise European Action on Interchange Fees 

ARLINGTON, Va. — Tim Hammonds, president and chief executive officer of Food Marketing Institute, told SN the ruling by the European Commission yesterday that credit and debit card interchange fees charged by MasterCard are illegal sets a precedent for Congress to do the same for bank interchange fees in the United States. ...

Whole Foods Stores Bag Plastic in National Ban Test 

AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods’ two stores here on Wednesday stopped offering plastic bags to customers in what the retailer termed to be a first step toward a companywide plastic bag ban in the new year. ...

Supervalu to Acquire 8 Albertsons Stores in Wyoming 

MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said Tuesday that it would acquire eight Albertsons stores in Wyoming from Albertsons LLC for an undisclosed sum....

Bashas’ Files Defamation Suit Against UFCW 

CHANDLER, Ariz. — Citing defamation stemming from “win at all costs” union tactics, Bashas’ on Tuesday said it has filed suit against the United Food and Commercial Workers....

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