NEW YORK — Online grocer FreshDirect here is leveraging technological improvements and customer-service initiatives to grow sales and drive more of those revenues to the bottom line, the company said. For the...
Walt Tyson graduated from St. Joseph's University in 1976. And he liked it so much, he's getting ready to do it again. Tyson, the marketing manager for conventional mid-market independents in Supervalu's Eastern...
PINE BUSH, N.Y. Before she decided to pursue a career at Hannaford Bros., Jackie Buckley already had some idea what she was getting into. She had worked at three other supermarkets during college a Wegmans, a Tops and...
The food industry welcomes efforts to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration's ability to enhance food safety, but remains wary of the legislation that Congress is promulgating to support it. Just last week...
Dollar Tree saw its stock reach a 52-week high last week after the dollar-store chain posted a 38.5% increase in first-quarter net income, a 9.2% comparable-store sales gain and issued a positive outlook for the rest...
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Costco Wholesale Corp. here is taking its international expansion slowly. The membership-club operator ranks 8th on SN's list of global food retailers (see Page 14). Of its 146 locations...
The worldwide economic slowdown has sharpened the focus of global food retailers on their small-format and value banners, as a reduction in consumer spending power has exacerbated the challenges these operators...
The chief executives at Kroger, Safeway and Supervalu all saw their performance-based compensation decline in 2008, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reflecting weakened performance at...