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MILTON, Ontario — More than 400 workers at a Sobeys distribution center here went on strike Monday, saying they were unhappy with terms of a contract offer from the retailer.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 175, which represents 4...
LAS VEGAS — Supermarkets can't control the price of meat but they can control how they market the department, according to an executive of the National Cattleman's Beef Association.
Trevor Amen
"You can build a program around cost savings o...
SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets here Tuesday said it would open two new stores in suburban Baltimore on March 3.
Both stores, located in Towson and Woodlawn, Md., are former SuperFresh locations. Weis said it invested $14 million in the two st...
ORLANDO — Pallet provider CHEP USA here and Capgemini Consulting, New York, are leading an initiative aimed at optimizing the use of floor-ready displays (FRDs) by manufacturers and retailers.
The initiative is looking at issues such as ho...
LAS VEGAS — Social media is "the new world order of how we communicate," so independents have to make plans for how they'll participate, Dennis Host, director of marketing, Coborn's, said during an NGA Show panel here.
"You have to be ther...
SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets here will let a consumer create its next private-label ice cream flavor.
Under the just-launched Facebook promo, contestants can enter their submissions by “liking” the Weis Facebook page, and completing an entr...
PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle here is discontinuing its foodperks! program that allowed customers to earn grocery discounts based on gas purchases, the company said last week.
The chain has also ended a program that allowed customers to get ant...
SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B will feature a kid-created design on two of its private-label cereals.
In addition to getting their drawings featured on H-E-B Toasted Oats or H-E-B Honey Nut Toasted Oats cereals, two grand-prize winners will also rec...
BRAMPTON, Ontario — Loblaw Cos. here is promoting its T&T private label goods at stores across Canada to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The year of the snake begins Sunday.
Loblaw stores are featuring T&T items, including crisp crackers...