MINNEAPOLIS Target Corp. here said last week that its growing density of SuperTarget locations offering meat and produce and the expanded food offerings in its traditional general merchandise stores will justify the...
AUSTIN, Texas Whole Foods Market could turn some of the smaller Wild Oats stores it is planning to acquire into grab-and-go food-service locations with limited grocery offerings, according to some observers. In...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Despite what started out as a dismal holiday season and several miscues throughout the year, Wal-Mart Stores here last week said sales for its fiscal fourth quarter rose in double digits, including a...
DAYVILLE, Conn. United Natural Foods here said last week that its net income for the second fiscal quarter was a little less than analysts expected, which the company attributed to slower than anticipated sales growth...
LOS ANGELES Smart & Final here said last week it has reached an agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Apollo management in the latest in a series of acquisitions of public food retailers by private-equity firms...
Last week's wintry weather system caused a spike in supermarket sales throughout the Midwest and East, including an early run on Valentine's Day gifts, according to some retailers interviewed by SN last week. Ahead of...
NAME:Lawrence Benjamin TITLE:Chief operating officer, Ahold U.S.A. CHALLENGE:Revitalizing sales at Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover. QUINCY, Mass. Larry Benjamin has been working his way closer and closer to the...
MINNEAPOLIS Retailers in the Eastern U.S. who are customers of Supervalu are bracing for sweeping changes in the way they pay for, plan and schedule their deliveries as the wholesaler, based here, rolls out a new...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. Ingles Markets said here last week that it will probably have to raise its retail prices on produce following last month's freeze in the U. S. Southwest that destroyed what has been estimated at nearly...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Following on the heels of its successful integration of D&W Food Centers, Spartan Stores here last week said it was continuing to eye additional acquisitions in and around its core operating area...