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RICHMOND, Va. -- Ukrop's strategic growth plans today, as in the past, are being drawn after close observation of the competitive field.The family-owned local chain has survived 57 years of operation here by repeatedly challenging outside...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here launched a credit card marketing program last week at 66 Detroit-area stores, where shoppers' purchases earn points toward a new car.The retailer is promoting the card, sponsored by General Motors, Detroit, with a...
DALLAS -- The Kroger Co. division here expects good volume with new National Football League anniversary videos promoted at high-traffic areas and outside video rental centers.The 82-store division began merchandising the videos this month at 55...
Fleming Names Unit Presidenthas been named president of Fleming International here, a division of Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City.He succeeds Steve Moll, who has left the company to pursue other interests.Epperson has spent the last two and a half...
KELLER, Texas -- The former offices of Affiliated Food Stores here are getting new tenants.million in July, expects to relocate the headquarters of its Dallas Marketing Area to Affiliated's former offices early next year, according to a published...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co.'s division here and a union local have agreed to a longer-term labor contract -- their first five-year pact -- that provides staffing percentage guarantees and no-cost health insurance benefits for 8,300 employees at 91...
USDA Starts E. Coli Inspectionspartment of Agriculture inspectors last week began making unannounced visits to supermarkets to test ground beef for the presence of E. coli bacteria. Under the new program, any ground beef found to contain the...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Triple couponing has hit this market following the opening of two more Meijer hypermarkets here in August. In a market already heating up with promotions, Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based chain, has launched a triple-couponing...
D.F. Dufek to Retire As Kroger Senior VPr vice president of logistics at Kroger Co. here, said last week he intends to retire at the end of the year.Dufek has worked in the supermarket industry for 40 years, including 32 years with Kroger, the...
ATLANTA -- Organic produce, long thought a lackluster category, is starting to shine in supermarket produce departments.Retailers say they don't expect organics to become a dominant player in the department, but do see considerable growth...