CHICAGO - Spending on consumer packaged goods increased in correlation with the rise in gas prices this year, according to a report issued last week by Information Resources Inc. here.Although a portion of that...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The U.S. Trustee for the Winn-Dixie Stores Chapter 11 reorganization plan said in a court filing here that she objected to certain sections of Winn-Dixie's bankruptcy reorganization plan...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Even the well-to-do gourmands of suburban New Jersey appreciate good bargains.That appears to be at the heart of a remerchandising strategy at Kings Super Markets, the 26-store upscale chain, based...
INDIANAPOLIS - Sun Capital Partners, Boca Raton, Fla., last week completed the acquisition of Marsh Supermarkets here and named industry veteran Frank Lazaran as the new chief executive officer.He succeeds Don Marsh...
Wal-Mart Stores may be the ultimate number-crunching retailer, but for about 400 officers at the Bentonville, Ark.-based company, earning a bonus requires more than attaining profit and sales goals.The company is...
CHARLOTTE, Mich. - A small retailer is battling to take back the three stores it sold to Carter's Food Centers here five years ago now that the 14-store chain is going through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.Fruchey Foods, a...
AMSTERDAM - Two hedge funds last week called for Ahold here to take "drastic action" and divest all of its U.S. operations.Paulson & Co., New York, and Centaurus Capital, London, said they have acquired a 6.4% stake...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - New stores and a 3.16% increase in comparable-store sales helped drive double-digit percentage gains in third-quarter operating profits and revenues at Harris Teeter, the chain's parent company said...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The decision by Wal-Mart Stores here to leave Germany could blunt the company's expansion into Europe, analysts said, although Wal-Mart is expected to continue driving deeper into Latin America and...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Spartan Stores here last week said it was interested in "a couple" of the Carter's stores that are being sold off after that chain filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy."There are a couple of spots we think...