Supervalu gave Wall Street some positive news last week when the company reported fourth-quarter results and a better-than-expected outlook for the year....More
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Shaw’s Supermarkets announced that five of its locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have diverted over 90% of all store waste from local landfills....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu announced it is committing to have 300 stores divert 90% or more of their waste from local landfills by the end of the current fiscal year, Feb. 23, 2013 — an addition of nearly 250 stores to those that have already achieved that goal....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu on Monday said that Sue Klug would leave her post as president of Albertsons’ Southern California division later this month as part of a slate of leadership changes....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here outlined a series of initiatives last week designed to continue to move the company forward, but industry analysts offered different opinions on the company’s long-term prospects....More
LAS VEGAS — Supervalu-owned Albertsons announced that 30 stores located in the greater Las Vegas area, Henderson, Nev., and Boulder City, Nev., have diverted more than 90% of all store waste from local landfills....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said Tuesday it expects to continue to report negative same-store sales through next February, when its fiscal year ends, with comps projected to fall between 1% and 2%....More
Concerns about inflation and the viability of an economic recovery may have led many traditional supermarket stocks to underperform the market overall in the first quarter, analysts told SN last week....More
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway and Supervalu, the fifth and sixth largest food retailers in the U.S., respectively, have each issued separate statements announcing plans to discontinue the use of lean finely textured beef filler in all ground beef products sold at their stores....More
NEW YORK — The prospect of gasoline retailing for $5 a gallon would disproportionately impact food retailers with price credibility issues, according to a report released Wednesday by BMO Capital Markets....More
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Supervalu here has announced a significant expansion of its existing seafood sustainability program, including a new comprehensive procurement policy developed in partnership with the Global Aquaculture Alliance....More
ST. LOUIS — Less than a year into SN Executive to Watch Santiago Roces’ tenure as president and chief executive officer of Save-A-Lot, the limited-assortment banner that was a focal point of Supervalu’s growth strategy for the past few years is at a crossroads....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
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said last week it plans to reduce its national workforce of office employees by approximately 800 positions over the next couple of weeks — a move analysts said will result in pretax savings exceeding $30 million....More
LAS VEGAS — Supervalu is extending the Essential Everyday private-label created last year to consolidate its retail stores' banner brands, to select independents....More
LAS VEGAS — IGA retailers should be willing to give up some control of shelf space and allow their licensed distribution companies to decide which new items to bring in and which ones to discontinue, wholesale executives said during the IGA Global Rally here....More
WASHINGTON — Bi-Lo, Brookshire Grocery Co., Delhaize Group, Harris Teeter, Kmart, Kroger, Supervalu and Weis Markets have stopped carrying tissue products made with fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to destruction of Indonesian rainforests and tiger habitats, according to a World Wildlife Fund report....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said Tuesday it plans to reduce its national workforce by approximately 800 positions, with the majority of cuts prior to Feb. 25, the date its fiscal year ends....More
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said Thursday four Albertsons stores in the Seattle area have achieved a "zero waste" classification after diverting more than 90% of all waste away from landfills....More
BOWIE, Md. — Shoppers Food and Pharmacy here has expanded its in-store nutritional navigation program “nutrition iQ” into its fresh food departments, offering shoppers detailed information about fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, baked goods and other items....More
ORLANDO, Fla. — Minneapolis-based Supervalu saved almost $66,000 on annual repair, liability and workers’ compensation costs in the trucking operation at one of its distribution centers as a result of installing an onboard camera system....More
