WASHINGTON — The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR) has announced the availability of online resources created to help grocery chains recycle more of the plastic containers they use and empty onsite....More
CHICAGO — Online grocer Peapod here has expanded its virtual grocery-store billboards to more than 100 commuter rail stations in the markets where it operates in Chicago and the Northeast....More
The sluggish economy and other factors will continue to challenge many traditional supermarkets, according to participants in the 2012 SN Analysts Roundtable....More
LOS GATOS, Calif. — FoodLink here said Tuesday that it has reached a 10-year agreement to provide an online buying platform for several categories of fresh product for Ahold USA....More
RICHMOND, Va. — At Martin’s Food Markets here, customers now have the opportunity to use checkout lanes that feature apples, nuts, nutrition bars and baked chips instead of candy....More
SILVER SPRING, Md. — For the second time in a one-month period, fruit was cited as a possible source of salmonella illnesses. Several retailers have removed mangoes from stores and issued warnings to customers....More
ABINGTON, Mass. — Internet grocer Peapod today launched Peapod Pick-Up, a service that will be initially piloted at a Stop & Shop store here. Peapod and Stop & Shop are both divisions of Ahold USA, Quincy, Mass....More
AMSTERDAM — Despite posting profit and sales gains at its U.S. operations in the second quarter, Ahold here said it remained “cautious” in its outlook for the full year because of the potential for commodity cost increases....More
AMSTERDAM — Ahold here said profits improved in its U.S. operations in the second quarter, but the company’s stock fell in the wake of a margin squeeze in Ahold’s Netherlands division....More
RICHMOND, Va. — Martin’s Food Markets is rolling out “Healthy Ideas” checkout lanes at eight stores in this market in an effort to promote more healthful eating, the chain said Thursday....More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More than 58 retailers — including Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Ahold USA and Supervalu — and another 53 CPG brands have signed up to participate in a Wounded Warrior Project fundraiser effort to support veterans this year....More
On Tuesday at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, Stop & Shop hosted its second “Healthy Kids Summit,” which aims to educate families on nutrition and exercise information to maintain a healthy lifestyle....More
CARLISLE, Pa. — The Giant-Carlisle division of Ahold USA said Friday it has successfully completed its acquisition of 15 stores in the Philadelphia area from Genuardi's Family Markets, a subsidiary of Safeway....More
Dick Boer has won acclaim for acquisitions he’s made — and for those he hasn’t. This balance of power of restraint has kept Ahold healthy and growing, observers say....More
CARLISLE, Pa. — Giant-Carlisle here said it would convert the 15 Genuardi’s stores it acquired in the Philadelphia region to the Giant banner in three phases beginning this week....More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Friday confirmed that the transfer of a Newtown, Pa. Genuardi’s store from Giant-Carlisle to McCaffrey’s was the only condition of its approval of Giant’s acquisition of Safeway’s Genuardi’s stores....More
ATLANTA — In an era when retailer-supplier partnerships are defined by collaboration, the biggest manufacturers, such as Coca-Cola, face considerable challenges....More
