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Thanks to advanced technology, this is expected to be the breakout year for prepaid calling cards through the food channel.After lagging behind other distribution channels due to complex merchandising challenges, supermarkets have begun to pay...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here has launched its first corporate point-of-sale activation prepaid phone-card program for its supermarkets and corporate stores.Installation is slated to begin next month at Supervalu's 3,500 affiliated retailers and...
NEW YORK -- Supermarket executives are staying focused on the details of merger integration despite numerous challenges and the disappointment of falling stock valuations.That's the picture that emerged from company presentations at the Donaldson...
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Campbell Soup Co. here is facing several lawsuits seeking compensation for shareholders who claim Campbell's inflated its stock by claiming phantom sales between Nov. 18, 1997, and Jan. 8, 1999.Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, and...
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. -- Webvan Group here said last week that Supervalu, Minneapolis, and Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, will serve as primary suppliers for the on-line grocery store's nationwide expansion.The deals between the rapidly expanding...
MADISON, Wis. -- The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association here will again make its Annual Cake Decorating Challenge a featured event at its Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar and Expo and the deadline for entries is Feb. 14.Three finalists will be...
SUPERVALU, MINNEAPOLIS, said it has named Warren Simpson senior corporate counsel and assistant secretary, an officer position. He will report to Steve Kilgriff, associate general counsel. Most recently, Simpson served as senior counsel for...
As the supermarket business becomes more complex, there are more and more demands on store designers. They must continue to emphasize fresh departments to provide an area of distinction. But they also have rediscovered the importance of the center...
TROY, Mich. -- Kmart Corp. here said it is accelerating its expansion plan -- with 400 stores, including 200 Super Kmart Centers, scheduled to come on line in the next five years.The company's moves, according to analysts, are aimed at countering...
WASHINGTON -- Though the debate over the sale of genetically modified foods in European supermarkets is all but concluded, American retailers say they're not rushing to ban such items, as their colleagues across the Atlantic did, in the face of...