Retail Financial Archive
Horizontal Display Boosts Private-Label Sales at Hy-Vee
LAS VEGAS — Placing private-label items in a horizontal pattern on a shelf just below national brands has resulted in a 30% increase in own-brand sales at Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee, according to Jon Tisch, director of supply chain sales and merchandising, for Daymon Worldwide, St. Cloud, Minn. ...
C&S Wholesale to Procure Produce for Penn Traffic
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Penn Traffic Co. here said yesterday it has reached an agreement for C&S Wholesale Grocers to procure produce and deliver it to Penn Traffic’s warehouses....
Lawrence Brothers Markets Signs With IGA
SWEETWATER, Texas — Lawrence Brothers Supermarkets, a family-owned chain with 18 stores in Texas and two in New Mexico, has re-signed as an IGA licensee, IGA said yesterday. ...
Wakefern Executive Named WGA Woman of Year
LAS VEGAS — Mary Ellen Gowin, vice president, consumer and corporate communications, Wakefern Food Corp., has been selected to receive the Woman of the Year Award from the Woman Grocers of America this week at the National Grocers Association Annual Convention here. ...
C&S Closing Long Island Warehouse: Report
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — C&S Wholesale Grocers is planning to close a warehouse here that had supplied A&P stores in New York, according to a local press report. ...
Kroger Promotes Parker to Kwik Shop President
CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. recently named Jeff Parker president of its Kwik Shop convenience store division. Parker will oversee 131 Kwik Shop stores in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. ...
Piggly Wiggly Plans New Prototype
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Piggly Wiggly Carolina is planning a new prototype store here that will revamp the traditional supermarket layout, and will instead group like products from different departments near one another — frozen vegetables, canned vegetables and fresh vegetables in the same area, for example — among other changes. ...
Overwaitea, Safeway Canada Prepare for Labor Talks
LANGLEY, British Columbia — Overwaitea Food Group here is preparing to enter negotiations Feb. 13 with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518 in Vancouver for a new contract covering about 19,000 workers, after which the union will hold talks with Safeway Canada. ...
FMI Promotes White to Senior VP
ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute here yesterday said it has promoted Deborah White to chief legal officer and senior vice president....
Penn Traffic to Close Five Stores
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Penn Traffic Co. here said Friday it plans to close five underperforming stores on Feb. 23 as part of its strategy to improve long-term financial performance while reinvesting in its core store portfolio. ...
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