Supermarkets sprung to action after Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s now-famous missive to Rolling Stone went viral earlier this month.
One by one, Stop & Shop, Roche Bros., Big Y, Wegmans, Roundy’s, Hy-Vee and others deemed the iconic magazi...
Here’s a secret about the industry’s new focus on collaboration: It’s not really new.
Sure, there are more high-powered initiatives than ever, especially involving the supply chain. But it’s not like collaboration is a new concept. In fact...
If you bought stock in a North American supermarket company on Jan. 1, congratulations! You made money.
For the first time in recent memory, all 24 publicly traded food retail and wholesale stocks tracked by SN showed gains in their share ...
The latest version of SN’s Power 50, our annual roster of the most influential industry players, includes a new element called "The Trending Ten."
This is a sub-list of the most talked about people right now. Two on that list are CEOs of A...
When Albertsons LLC announced last month that it was ending the loyalty card program of stores acquired from Supervalu, the talk was about how this would affect their marketing capabilities.
After all, loyalty programs deliver a rich trove...
It’s a fairly rare occurrence for a major retail company to eliminate a loyalty card program.
But that’s just what’s been happening with Albertsons and its corporate sibling retail banners in the past few weeks. This may be beneficial for ...
