Kroger Co. got out ahead of its supermarket rivals last week with an offer to boost the value of the tax rebate checks most Americans will soon begin receiving. Analysts said the program, which would tack on an extra...
Henderson's IGA hangs its hat on its beef offering, Tim Henderson, the store's owner, told SN. As well it should. The retailer, winner of IGA's 2008 International Retailer of the Year award, is located deep in cattle...
Giant of Carlisle, Pa., is celebrating Earth Day all month long. Kroger Co. launched an online contest encouraging recycling and sustainability. Whole Foods Market set Earth Day as the end of plastic-bag use at its...
The new Piggly Wiggly that opened in Myrtle Beach, S.C., this month could serve as a template for future locations in some larger markets, David Schools, chief executive officer, Piggly Wiggly Carolina, told SN. The...
Just months after pulling the plug on its fledgling Sunflower Markets banner, Supervalu is rolling out a new organic private-label line the first in what the company hopes will be a series of streamlined systemwide...
Meijer Inc. is picking a fight with the big boys. The privately owned supercenter operator, which is based in Grand Rapids, Mich., but has about 11 stores in the Chicago area, has launched an aggressive new ad...
Mike Gilliland has returned to ground zero of the organic and natural movement. The founder of Wild Oats Markets is preparing to open his first Sunflower Farmers Market in Boulder, Colo., this month, where 21 years...
New Safeway and Giant-Landover employees in the Baltimore-Washington region who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 400 and 27 will pay at least $5 per week for individual health coverage...
Whole Foods' first priority was to share its corporate culture with Wild Oats, and now it is focusing on the bottom line. After paring its acquisition down to 62 Wild Oats locations seven of which are still slated for...
Hannaford Bros. has not experienced a material or notable decline in sales volume or credit-card use in the three weeks following the chain's disclosure that it experienced a credit-card data breach, a Hannaford...