DALLAS — Supermarket profitability slipped to a new low in 2010 as consumers increasingly focused on bargains and made fewer trips to the store, according to data released at Food Marketing Institute’s...
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...
DALLAS — Shoppers reduced their average supermarket shopping trips to 1.69 per week,
according to data released at Food Marketing Institute’s Future Connect conference here
Tuesday.
Frederick Morganthall II, the new chairman of the Food Marketing Institute, has experience in the CPG industry, the retail industry, and in bridging the gap between the two. He began his food-industry career in the...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Wal-Mart Stores views its single-store test here of online grocery ordering and delivery as a long-term initiative that is part of a much broader effort to connect with consumers via modern...
NEW YORK — Some supermarket operators are well positioned to retain their share of consumer spending as gas prices increase, food retailing executives said in presentations here last week. This summer, I think...
MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here last week said sales were down for the first quarter after the loss of a wholesale customer and declines in comparable-store sales. The company said net income was down about 5...
MALVERN, Pa. – Acme Markets here said Thursday it would reduce its workforce by cutting 900 part-time positions to reflect losses in sales volumes at the
stores.
MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here on Thursday said sales were down for the
first quarter after the loss of a wholesale customer and declines in comparable-store sales, but EBITDA improved in all divisions.