Check out our new daily podcast featuring editors from Supermarket News & CSP Daily News. The Retail Daily provides a quick update of the day’s top headlines from the grocery and c-store industries.
Sign up for the Supermarket News Daily newsletter.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a disability discrimination suit in federal court here charging that Jewel-Osco refused to accommodate a pharmacy worker who had allergic reactions to cosmetic fragrances worn by co-workers.
The massive fires that burned across Southern California last week gave supermarket operators a chance to play good neighbor. While many outlets provided food and water to weary firefighters in their areas, others gave up parts of their parking...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association last week presented the group's highest honor, the Hall of Achievement Award, to Robert E. Rich Jr., chairman of Rich Products Corp., and Jeffrey Noddle, executive chairman of the board at Supervalu. The...
Supermarkets have been at the forefront of recycling efforts even before the first bottle-return bill was passed in Oregon in 1971. Yet, missing in retailers' consumer recycling efforts are pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), which...
The recession has altered the public's commitment to sustainability, but it will hold business accountable in the long run, according to a panel of researchers at the second-ever Sustainability Summit sponsored here by Food Marketing Institute...
Albertsons LLC said last week it plans to close nine stores in Colorado and Florida in the coming months, as well as a distribution center in Colorado. The stores had not been profitable for some time, the company, which is separate from the...
The Minnesota Grocers Association has inducted Jeff Noddle, executive chairman of Minneapolis-based Supervalu, into its Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions over an extensive career in the food industry. Noddle, who stepped down as...
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 2009 MARKET SUMMARY Gainers 9 Decliners 15 Unchanged 0 MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 56,534,427 Target 42,735,548 Kroger 28,898,557 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES...
Supervalu is voluntarily recalling its frozen Culinary Circle Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese products because they may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.
Supervalu, Minneapolis, is trying to boost declining identical-store sales by recalibrating its ads with pricing that is more appropriate and acceptable to consumers, but that takes time, David Oliver, vice president, investor relations, said here...