DALLAS — Getting customers to try store-brand product is key element of K-VA-T Food Stores' private-label growth strategy, according to Ron Bonacci, vice president of marketing at the Abingdon, Va.-based company...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here last week said same-store sales in the U.S. fell 1.1% in the first quarter, excluding fuel, although profits overall grew on strong international growth and other factors...
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. here last week said profits were up in the fiscal first quarter on strong performance in the credit-card division, although the soft economy and weakness in seasonal merchandise sales...
NEW YORK — Product-cost inflation has been manageable so far, retail executives speaking at a conference here said last week. The strategy is to pass inflation along, and so far, everyone is being pretty...
DALLAS — Food Marketing Institute will relocate its 2013 Future Connect leadership development conference to Orlando, Fla., FMI said. It is slated for April 30 to May 2. The conference, which rotates on an...
DALLAS — A company's sustainability initiatives need to make sense for the bottom line, cautioned Michael Hewett, manager of environmental services at Publix Super Markets, during a presentation at Food...
NEW YORK — Product-cost inflation has been manageable so far, an executive
from the nation's largest operator of traditional supermarkets told an
investor conference here on Tuesday.
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Ruddick Corp. here said operating profits at its Harris Teeter chain increased 7.1% in the fiscal second quarter to $50.5 million, driven by sales gains and efficiencies. Comparable-store sales...
DALLAS — Supermarkets are winning the battle for consumers' trust when it comes to food safety, according to new data released in a presentation at Food Marketing Institute's Future Connect conference here last...
DALLAS — In 1996, Acosta Sales and Marketing had a negative net worth and was operating as a regional agency in the Southeast. But Gary Chartrand, who had just become the chief executive officer, had a vision to...