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A handful of supermarket retailers are staking out their own territory and shaping the next frontier in electronic payments: co-branded credit cards.Co-branding, which involves retailers and banks teaming up to offer their own nationally sponsored...
Richfood Taps Chairman, Presidentdings here has named Donald D. Bennett chairman and John E. Stokely president and chief operating officer.Bennett, who was president and chief executive officer, will retain the CEO title. As chairman he succeeds...
Kroger Taps Heschel As Executive VP named Michael S. Heschel executive vice president, a new position.Heschel previously served as senior vice president of information systems. In his new position, he will be responsible for directing Kroger's...
DALLAS -- A unique greeting card department is the highlight of a Kroger supermarket here that opened on the campus of the historic Dr. Pepper headquarters. The department, created for Kroger by Ambassador Cards, includes a replica of the faux...
SMYRNA, Tenn. -- A Kroger store here removed all of its ground beef from the fresh meat case after a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector found a first positive of 0157:H7 E. coli in a sample.Subsequent testing over Memorial Day Weekend failed...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here last week said Richard L. Bere will retire next month as president and chief operating officer and will be succeeded by David B. Dillon, who runs Kroger's Dillon Cos. unit.In another move, the company said W. Rodney...
Interest rates will play a key role in supermarkets' expansion abilities over the next few years as competition heats up.The Federal Reserve Bank's round of interest rate hikes over the past year alarmed some in the supermarket industry who...
The internal overhaul of the grocery industry through re-engineering, restructuring or Efficient Consumer Response initiatives is in full throttle, and there's no end in sight, a variety of industry observers told SN.Over the past two years or so...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here will test a new home shopping concept using interactive television.The retailer's Dallas KMA division will launch a pilot program in Denton, Texas, next month as part of an interactive cable TV network serving about...
CINCINNATI -- Based on its assessment that its new stores have been successful against all forms of competition, Kroger Co. here said last week it will raise capital spending from previously announced levels.The company said it will increase...