Wal-Mart Stores has been the primary catalyst for change in the retail food industry for much of its 50-year history — impacting virtually everything supermarkets do from pricing to distribution to labor negotiations — and there are no signs that distinction is anywhere close to being over.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here said Tuesday same-store sales in its U.S. operations rose 1.5% with higher traffic for the fourth quarter — the second consecutive period of positive comp sales and the fourth consecutive quarter of comp improvement....More
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Customer satisfaction with supermarkets was up 1.3% in the fourth quarter, with Publix Super Markets again leading the pack, according to the latest data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index here....More
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut food retailers are poised to benefit from Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposal to permit beer, wine and liquor sales on the busiest shopping day of the week....More
By the time Wal-Mart Stores’ 50th anniversary passes this year, another milestone of sorts will be reached: The company will have been run by successors of Sam Walton for as long as the founder ran it himself....More
Wal-Mart Stores is likely to expand its small format in the U.S. and experience more growth overseas than domestically over the next 10 years, industry observers say....More
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway here on Wednesday said it is launching a competition for chefs to win a job with Safeway and get their name on a new line of skillet meals....More
