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While everyone hopes disruptions and computer failures caused by the millennium bug will be short-lived, many retailers, wholesalers and industry associations are looking beyond Jan. 1, 2000 at the long-term effect of the Y2K problem.Distributors...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week it will spend $515 million in fiscal 2000 on new stores, distribution improvements and information technology -- a boost of 0.6% from last year's expenditures of $512 million.The company also announced...
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Frozen fruits and vegetables, along with fresh and canned produce, have been targeted for promotion by the Produce For Better Health Foundation here, as part of a tour kicking off next month.The foundation's most ambitious...
Supervalu Fills Strategic Planning Poste said Jeff Edman has been named director of strategic planning.He succeeds Gerald Manninga, who has left the company.Edman reports to Kim Erickson, senior vice president of strategic planning and treasurer...
MADISON, Wis. -- Supervalu will return to trial court in an effort to claim an alleged $150,000 debt from an independent operator.The First District Court of Appeals here recently reversed an earlier decision by Milwaukee Circuit Court that...
Supervalu Stresses GrowthSupervalu, Minneapolis, will grow its retail and food distribution business through acquisitions and new store openings, said Michael Wright, president, chairman and chief executive officer."Food distribution is a huge...
CHICAGO -- Retailers are always on the lookout for ways to reduce labor in their hands-on perishables operations. In the produce department especially, trimming and culling individual items to maintain the fresh image requires a huge portion of an...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- For years transportation in the supermarket industry has been viewed as a necessary expense required to move product to its destination -- not as a potential profit center. The rise of successful backhauling programs, however, is...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Robert G. Tobin, president and chief executive officer of Ahold USA, Atlanta, received the Sidney R. Rabb Award last week here.vidual in the supermarket industry who demonstrates excellence in serving the consumer, the...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week it has reached an agreement in principle to purchase the assets of seven Shop 'n Save markets in the Pittsburgh area.corporate retail locations.The Pittsburgh-area stores, which are owned by private...