MINNEAPOLIS Nash Finch Co. here last week said that the minimal food-price inflation that has occurred recently does not appear to be helping drive sales volumes. The consumer reacts differently to rising prices in a...
Supermarket operators were scrambling to respond last week to widening reports that some of their supposedly eco-friendly reusable shopping bags might contain elevated levels of lead. At least two companies...
MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here on Tuesday reported sales and net income declined for the fiscal third quarter and year-to-date, compared with year-ago results.
INDIANAPOLIS Marsh Supermarkets here said it has renamed three of its stores in Lebanon, Franklin and Wabash, Ind., as MainStreet Markets. The company, acquired from the Marsh family in 2006 by Boca Raton, Fla.-based...
GREENSBORO, N.C. Shares of specialty grocer Fresh Market have zoomed up quickly after an initial public offering this month. The company went public at $22 per share and quickly shot up nearly 50% in the first day of...
LUBBOCK, Texas United Supermarkets here has realized cost savings across a broad range of not-for-resale spending since it began working with Braintree, Mass.-based TopSource three years ago, according to Scott...
MATTHEWS, N.C. Harris Teeter said it planned to open eight new stores in fiscal 2011, vs. 13 new stores in fiscal 2010, reflecting the difficult economic environment. The decrease in planned new store openings from...
Delhaize Group said operating profits and revenues at its
U.S. division fell in the fiscal third quarter amid a difficult competitive
and economic environment in the Southeast.
WASHINGTON The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and gains in the Senate in last week's midterm elections could lead to some tax relief for supermarket operators, industry associations said last week...