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MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here is beginning to upgrade onboard computer systems in 1,100 trucks across 39 distribution centers nationwide. The upgrade will improve the wholesaler's electronic communications, reporting capabilities, and driver...
CHICAGO -- Economies of scale, overstored markets and easier access to capital are among the factors that are coming together to increase the likelihood of further industry consolidation.many operators. Bolinder, an industry veteran who was...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Competitive pressures have prompted Dominick's Supermarkets here to speed up its remodeling efforts at 13 former Omni stores that were renamed Fresh Stores late last year, the company said last week.Chain officials acknowledged...
BELLE VERNON, Pa. -- Not everyone can make it to next week's Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago, but independent store operators who visited the Supervalu Pittsburgh Division's Spring Selling Show got a taste of what it's like.Retailers...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The role of housewares in the supermarket channel will gain importance in coming years. This was the prediction of Michael Terpkosh, director of category management for grocery wholesaler Supervalu, Minneapolis, who...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here will be rolling out an application that uses activity-based costing methods to determine the true profitability of products within a planogram shelf set.The wholesaler will make the software available to its seven...
ATLANTA -- Category-management efforts are delivering sales and profit increases for Supervalu's independent retailers, while at the same time reducing stockkeeping units at the retail level, according to Leland Dake, corporate vice president of...
Retailers are using baby care centers to target young families in the midst of developing strong preferences -- both in what they buy and where they shop.While women are starting families later in life than they did 20 years ago, the majority are...
Supervalu Names Merchandising VPas been named corporate vice president of wholesale merchandising at Supervalu here. He reports to Jeff Noddle, corporate executive vice president, and president and chief operating officer of wholesale foods.Dake...
ST. LOUIS -- Save-A-Lot, the limited-assortment retailer based here, is widening its geographic and customer bases as it marks its 20th year. The only thing limited about Save-A-Lot's expansion plan is the range of products sold, which remains...