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MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week it has named William J. Bolton as corporate executive vice president and president and chief operating officer for retail food companies. He succeeds Larry Anderson, who left Supervalu earlier this year...
As more and more states move from traditional paper-based benefits systems into the brave new world of electronic benefits transfer, retailers are dealing with a host of technological and political issues brought on by the change.The move to EBT...
Technologies that screen potential employees, such as interactive telephone questionnaires and computer-assisted interviewing modules, are simplifying, speeding and standardizing the hiring process for many retailers and wholesalers.In addition...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said sales and earnings reached record levels for the second quarter ended Sept. 6. is., rose 148.8% to $89.1 million for the 12-week quarter and 69.7% to $138.9 million for the first half.Excluding the gain and...
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Northwest region of Supervalu here is evaluating interactive buying technology, used by retailers at Supervalu trade shows, to facilitate automatic order entry to the wholesaler's warehouses.To use this automatic system...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Jitney-Jungle Stores of America here said last week it is now the majority shareholder in Delchamps, Mobile, Ala., controlling 74% of the equity following completion of its cash tender offer.Jitney said it expects to buy up the...
Major wholesalers such as Supervalu, Minneapolis; Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City; and Associated Grocers, Seattle, are demonstrating strong commitments to category management efforts. The retailers they work with are reaping category-specific...
WASHINGTON -- While technology's rapid growth in virtually all areas of supermarket operations has been a challenge for the industry's information system executives, it has also played a key part in expanding their role.IS executives'...
ALBERTSON'S, Boise, Idaho, has been hit with another lawsuit alleging off-the-clock work -- this time by two former employees in New Mexico, who filed a class-action suit last week in District Court in Albuquerque. The suit is similar to actions...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here will aggressively roll out category management pricing and allowance promotion programs this fall.The category management allowance program, CMAP, which allows retailers who meet manufacturers' performance...