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BOLIVAR, Mo. — Woods Supermarkets here is the midst of a six-week grand-opening celebration at its largest store — a 53,540-square-foot unit in Sunrise Beach, Mo., just a mile or so from the Lake of the Ozarks, that opened late last month....More

While speculation over the future of Sweetbay generated the majority of industry buzz in the Bi-Lo-Delhaize deal, more than half of the stores in the proposed transaction are from the retailer’s smallest divisions....More

NEW YORK — A group of retailers that withdrew from a proposed antitrust settlement with Visa and MasterCard have filed a new suit against the payment-card companies, and have been joined by several states and local municipalities in their opposition to the card companies’ interchange-fee-setting practices....More

ONTARIO, Calif. — Pro's Ranch Markets, a chain of 11 Hispanic-oriented stores based here, said Friday it has filed for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code....More

TORONTO — Participation in supermarket loyalty programs has declined slightly in the last two years, according to a new report examining loyalty programs across a range of industries....More

WASHINGTON — The Organization United for Respect at Walmart said Thursday about 80 Walmart U.S. employees in different parts of the country have walked off their jobs to protest what it characterizes as the chain's "illegal efforts to silence the growing calls for a change of course."...More

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Costco Wholesale Corp. here said Thursday it expects to open approximately 150 new warehouses over the next five years, including the 28 it projects opening this year....More

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Fresh Market here on Wednesday said it has rebounded from a disappointing sales performance in the fourth quarter, posting year-over-year gains in sales, comps and profits for the first quarter ended April 28....More

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Tops Friendly Markets here said it has completed the conversion of nine former Grand Union stores in upstate New York and Vermont to the Tops banner....More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — United Natural Foods, Inc., here said Tuesday ongoing consumer interest in natural and organic foods prompted it to raise its sales guidance for the fiscal year that ends Aug. 3....More

CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. said Tuesday that Quintin Frey, longtime president of the company’s Turkey Hill Dairy subsidiary, would retire....More

KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. has signed a lease for a new ShopRite store to anchor Springfield Avenue Marketplace, a new urban mixed-use project to be built in Newark, N.J., developer Tucker Properties said Monday....More