Food Marketing Institute is hoping to discover just how much talent this industry has. Not the kind of talent required to keep shelves stocked with fresh produce but the kind that can stand the heat of the spotlight...
Coinciding almost to the day with the 75th anniversary of its first retail food store, Price Chopper this month unveiled a significant growth plan that calls for four new stores, a huge addition to its distribution...
Natural and organics wholesaler United Natural Foods here said yesterday it had lost its supply business with Shaw’s, the New England chain that was acquired last year by Minneapolis-based Supervalu.
Supervalu is happy with the price position of its retail banners in some markets, but still has work to do in others, Jeff Noddle, chairman and chief executive officer of the Minneapolis-based company, said last week...
Safeway was reported to be exploring the sales of its Canadian division and its Dominick's banner in Chicago, although analysts said they were doubtful such plans were very far advanced. Financial Times, the British...
Sales at Sweetbay Supermarkets have improved markedly since rolling out aggressive price cuts, but the chain is still not profitable, according to its parent company, Delhaize Group. In a conference call discussing...
Consumer attitudes about natural and organic products, as well as the environment, are decidedly mixed, according to Parade magazine's 2007 What America Eats Survey, which was released last week. Only 8% of...
Giant Food has launched Project Refresh, a sweeping makeover plan that will seek to remodel or relocate 100 of the chain's supermarkets during the next three years. The effort comes as the chain's sales have continued...
Wal-Mart Stores said last week it would scale back its planned U.S. supercenter development yet again, with only 170 planned for next year and 140 per year after that as the company focuses on international growth...
In the mid-1960s, the small chain of Food Town supermarkets in Salisbury, N.C., stood on the brink of bankruptcy. Competition from the big national chains like A&P and Southern stalwarts like Winn-Dixie was fierce...