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In the modern retail environment, shoppers are calling all the shots. Consumers have the ability to draw on a variety of resources when deciding how to fill their pantries, from online offers to considerations like customer service, convenience, price and product selection — and these shoppers have an increasing array of choices about where to spend their grocery budget, from drug stores and dollar stores to warehouse clubs....More

Facebook’s new “Timeline” layout and its associated functionalities are allowing supermarket retailers the opportunity to expand and deepen their virtual relationship with shoppers while challenging them to craft online personas with the same care they’d give to the best display of produce in their flagship store....More

The largest publicly traded supermarket chains have been able to pass along food-cost increases, but rising gas prices loom large....More

WASHINGTON — Uncertainty over changes in national health care policy has emerged as an issue in supermarket labor contracts....More

INDIANAPOLIS — The Kroger Co.'s Central Division here has recognized Frieda’s wholesale produce, Los Alamitos, Calif., as Vendor of the Year for Produce Merchandising....More

CINCINNATI — Kroger, Stop & Shop, Bi-Lo, Winn-Dixie and Brookshire Grocery Co. today became the latest major supermarket chains to announce that they would no longer purchase ground beef containing lean finely textured beef as filler. Wal-Mart Stores, along with Safeway and Supervalu, made similar announcements on Wednesday....More

COMPTON, Calif. — Ralphs Grocery Co. here, a division of Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., said in a mailer to customers that it will stop doubling the value of manufacturer coupons as of April 1....More

Devotion to its ‘Customer First’ strategy keeps Kroger out in front of its traditional rivals....More

Is Kroger Co. a leveraged buyout candidate? Though the company maintains that it is not, Wall Street websites keep buzzing with speculation....More

CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. announced today that Suzanne Lindsay has joined the company as director of sustainability, responsible for directing Kroger's internal sustainability initiatives and leading the company's Sustainability Leadership Team....More

Kroger will install electric vehicle charging stations at eight stores in North Texas by late June....More