With food-cost inflation on the rise a trend that is expected to continue in 2011 food retailers are beginning to get a sense of whether or not customers will accept higher shelf prices. The retailers that are in the...
ARLINGTON, Va. — The vast majority of shoppers believe their primary supermarket cares about them, at least moderately, according to the 2011 National Grocers Association Consumer Survey Report. The survey...
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu has been tearing down the boundaries between its wholesaling division and its company-operated retail stores for the past year and a half, and the appointment last month of Janel Haugarth...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores here last week said driving top-line growth remains a struggle amid the difficult economic conditions in Michigan and increasing supercenter competition, although trends may...
AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market will likely be known as John Mackey's creation for many years to come but that doesn't mean he'll always be running the business. In fact, as of May of last year, Mackey ceded...
Spartan Stores reported a 4.4% decline in comparable-store sales for its fiscal third quarter, but overall profitability improved amid cost containment and other initiatives, as well as one-time gains.
Jewel-Osco was forced to close all of its locations by 10 p.m. Tuesday as the massive snowstorm rolled across the Midwest, and some remained closed on Wednesday morning.
WASHINGTON — The opportunities to enact legislation impacting the nation's obesity problem will be numerous during the next two years of the newly elected Congress, according to the Grocery Manufacturers...
BRUSSELS — Delhaize Group here said comparable-sales fell 0.8% in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, an improvement over recent results that was driven by strong sales at the Hannaford Bros. banner and gains in the...
WASHINGTON — While retailers welcomed the idea of a reduced corporate tax rate, as suggested by President Obama in his State of the Union speech last week, they are also cautious that a rate cut could be offset...