BALTIMORE Food Lion will turn its attention to individual stores throughout the company that have not been remodeled in several years, the chain said at its parent company's annual investor conference here last week...
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. Dollar General here will shutter 400 locations next year and slow its development pace for the next two years, the discount chain said last week. It also will deploy a more promotional marketing...
An investor who bought 100 shares of Wal-Mart stock in 1975 could be facing a very comfortable retirement. If that investor had waited until the year 2000 to buy 100 shares of Wal-Mart stock well, maybe that investor...
MINNEAPOLIS During Nash Finch's third-quarter earnings conference call this month, Meredith Adler, an analyst with Lehman brothers, New York, questioned whether the new strategies proposed by Nash Finch could lead to...
MINNEAPOLIS Nash Finch here last week said it is reorganizing its wholesaling operations and scaling back on retail under the auspices of the company's new chief executive officer. In a conference call discussing...
It's good to be a convenience store these days.Despite pressure on gas margins and declining demand for cigarettes, sales and profits are improving. Some of the industry's biggest players are acquiring some of the...
Delhaize Group Promotes Browne, DickinsonSCARBOROUGH, Maine - Hannaford Bros. here has promoted Garrett D. Browne IV and Emily D. Dickinson to newly created positions at parent company Delhaize Group, Brussels. Browne...
PITTSBURGH - Giant Eagle here is expanding its presence in northeastern Ohio with the acquisition of several Tops stores there.Of the 46 Tops locations for sale in the region, Giant Eagle said last week it would...
NEW YORK - Many consumers no longer think of traditional supermarkets as a primary shopping destination, according to a new study from WSL Strategic Retail, based here.The study, conducted via the Internet over the...
AMSTERDAM - Some large investors are preparing to bid on Ahold's U.S. Foodservice division, according to reports last week.Those same reports said Ahold here is expected to publicly disclose an update on its strategic...