Jerry Garland
For Jerry Garland, leading Associated Wholesale Grocers to new levels of growth has become old hat.
The president and chief executive officer of the cooperative, which is based in Kansas City, Kan...
John Bryant
John Bryant is taking a bigger bite out of the global snack business.
Following the acquisition of snack giant Pringles last year, Bryant, president and chief executive officer of Battle Creek, Mich...
CINCINNATI — Investors seemed to like the idea of a Kroger-Harris Teeter merger as shares of both companies rose following news of the planned $2.5 billion transaction.
“We think this is a very good acquisitio...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Harris Teeter Supermarkets for $49.38 per share in cash, or about $2.5 billion.
The transaction price represents a premium of 33.7% to the Ha...
CHICAGO — Online grocer Peapod, based here, is launching a promotional campaign featuring “mobile billboards” on the sides of delivery trucks where consumers can shop for groceries using their smartphones.
The...
“In the grocery category, customers might reasonably expect to fulfill an order by going to the store in 45 minutes. So our desire is to fulfill the order faster than they could do it themselves, giving them...
NEW YORK — When an independently owned Key Food store in Brooklyn’s Coney Island staged a grand reopening last month after Hurricane Sandy virtually destroyed it last year, several Key Food Stores Co-operative exe...
NEW YORK — Looking to add to its growing network of regional supermarket chains, Cerberus Capital Management has bid to acquire Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Matthews, N.C., according to reports last week.
The i...
“It is the nature of our industry that you must constantly reinvent yourself to capture growth where it will be tomorrow, and to avoid the risks of becoming irrelevant to your customers. We are no exception, and...