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BOULDER, Colo. - Wild Oats Markets here said Tuesday that it would close eight stores, including all five of its Henry's Farmers Market stores in Arizona, on Dec. 16. In addition, the retailer said it would halt construction on a sixth Henry's...
NEW YORK - A new, voluntary children's food and beverage advertising initiative was announced yesterday by the National Advertising Review Council here and the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Arlington, Va. Manufacturer members of the program...
LOS ANGELES - A U.S. District Court judge here said yesterday he was "surprised, disturbed and disappointed" by the actions of Kroger-owned Ralphs Grocery Co. during the 141-day strike-lockout in Southern California three years ago, saying its...
MINNEAPOLIS - Nash Finch here yesterday said it is reorganizing its distribution and retail businesses and focusing on growing its volume within existing geographies. In a conference call discussing third-quarter results, Alec Covington, chief...
QUINCY, Mass. - Ahold USA here has introduced a new upscale private label in its Stop & Shop, Giant-Landover and Giant-Carlisle divisions. Touted as “everyday luxuries at affordable prices,” Simply Enjoy includes frozen entrees, appetizers and...
NEW YORK - Key Food, the cooperative based on Staten Island, is planting its banner in North Carolina for the first time. David Diaz, a cooperative member who operates Key Food stores in the Bronx, has acquired former Southern Family Markets...
BRUSSELS - Delhaize Group here said Monday it had agreed to sell Delvita, its Czech business to German retail group Rewe, for around $128 million. Rewe operates Billa supermarkets and Penny Market discount stores in the Czech Republic. Delhaize...
WASHINGTON - The Merchants Payments Coalition here yesterday said an independent new report confirms that "merchants get nothing" out of programs that constitute nearly half of the $30.7 billion in credit and debit card interchange fees Visa and...
At Hy-Vee, good health is about more than stocking shelves with natural products and erecting in-store pharmacies. The retailer, with 225 stores in seven Midwestern states, strives today to make health an attribute of its brand, further refining a...
LENEXA, Kan. - Like many Hy-Vee employees, Nate Stewart first joined the retailer as a high school part-timer. Though not as a cashier, bag boy or stocker. "I mowed the lawns at the corporate headquarters," the 31-year-old store director told SN...