With its acquisition of two local chains in the Omaha, Neb., market last year, Nash Finch has positioned itself as the No. 1 retailer in the market just ahead of a planned incursion by Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Market banner....More
The strong are only getting stronger in the Tampa, Fla., market, where Delhaize-owned Sweetbay Supermarkets in February closed 33 of its locations....More
Maybe it is lonely at the top. It was only a few years ago that Harris Teeter ascended to its No. 1 position in the Charlotte market, but this February the company said it is exploring the possibility of selling itself....More
The opening last week of nine of the 30 Aldi stores planned for Houston over the next two years and the imminent entry of The Fresh Market there means competition for the city’s conventional operators is likely to escalate....More
BATAVIA, Ill. — Aldi stores in the U.S. will be replacing the company’s Grandessa Signature brand with Specially Selected, a premium house brand currently used at its stores in the U.K., a published report said Thursday....More
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores here said Thursday it contemplates expanding its Valu Land price-impact format outside the state of Michigan, which would be its first corporate stores outside its home state....More
CHESTER, Pa. — Starting next spring, the people of Chester, Pa. will be able to do something they haven’t been able to do in 11 years: go to a supermarket within city limits....More
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