Retail store managers who are thoroughly trained to understand the impact they can have on profitability can have a lot of influence over the company's performance, according to Deborah Foster, manager of training and...
Sweetbay plans to close seven Florida stores in the next six to eight weeks, encompassing three locations in the Tampa Bay area, two in Sarasota and one each in Fort Myers and Englewood, a spokeswoman for the chain...
Lee Scott, the chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores who is leaving that post in about two weeks, asked business leaders to embrace such initiatives as renewable energy, improvements to the nation's health care...
A judge in the U.S. District Court has set a hearing for today in response to Trader Joe’s request for a court order blocking Gristedes’ planned opening on Thursday of a Trader John’s store in...
Lee Scott, the outgoing chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, asked business leaders to embrace such initiatives as universal health care, renewable energy and immigration reform during a presentation to...
The U.S. District Court has ruled that Albertsons retained the rights to use the Lucky store banner even though it had removed it from its stores. Berkeley, Calif.-based Grocery Outlet had placed the Lucky name on one...
In a year in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about a third of its value, supermarket stocks actually didn't fare too poorly by comparison. Although more than half of the 24 North American food retailing...
The 75 largest food retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada combined to produce $893.08 billion in revenues in 2008, up 7.6% over their total in the preceding year. The sales volume includes revenues from...
Next week the United States installs its first African American president, marking a milestone for diversity in American politics. But would Barack Obama fit in as an executive in one of the nation's supermarket...
Long considered a price leader in the New York Metro area, ShopRite, a cooperative supplied by the Wakefern Food Group, is relentless in its sharp pricing message promising weekly savings, buoyed by one promotional...