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MODESTO, Calif. Save Mart Stores here is converting six to eight Albertsons a week to its banner while it considers whether to introduce a new banner for the 75 stores it acquired in San Francisco, Bob Piccinini, chairman and chief executive...
Mass-market coupons are alive and well, but an increasing number of retailers are moving to new personalized discounts and promotional messages. Supervalu, Price Chopper, Ukrop's and Green Hills Farms are among the retailers that have adopted...
Giant Eagle launched a greatly enhanced version of its online photo center this month. The retailer's previous online photo offering, available for several years, was limited to prints and two-day pick-up. The new site provides one-hour service...
General merchandise is seriously lagging other aspects of retail in category management, which is resulting in a loss of space, corporate inattention and declining sales, said Eric Togneri, principal, CPG CatNet, a trade association in Atlanta...
Don't look now, but Winn-Dixie has some momentum. The results went from pretty bad to pretty good, pretty suddenly, Andrew Wolf, an industry analyst with BB&T Capital Markets, Richmond, Va., observed recently. It was as if someone pushed a button...
The summer grilling season is well under way, boosting business in meat and poultry departments throughout the country. But seafood departments aren't sitting idly by many are stocking their cases with top-selling species like salmon, tilapia and...
Blackhawk Network, a subsidiary of Safeway primarily involved in providing third-party prepaid gift cards, this week announced the winners of its Hawk Awards, honoring excellence in the gift card industry.
Roundy's Supermarkets reported yesterday it has launched MPG, a fuel-based program that allows customers of Pick 'n Save and Copps stores to save Money Per Gallon (MPG) discount gas coupons that could save them up to 40 cents per gallon of gas.
A new era of retailer-manufacturer cooperation may be emerging as food distribution aligns with sectors on fronts where it is mutually beneficial to join forces. That was the view of Cal Dooley, president and chief executive officer of the...