MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu is no laggard when it comes to efficiency initiatives, but its top executive takes a contrary view about some of the industry's efforts.Unlike some other wholesale executives, Michael W. Wright, chairman, president and...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Ahold USA last week named Marshall Collins president and chief executive officer of Red Food Stores here, effective immediately.sition of Red Food, a 55-store chain, earlier this month.As part of the organizational changes...
SAN ANTONIO -- Putting Efficient Consumer Response into practice is liable to give supermarket operators withdrawal pains as they give up forward buying, said Ron Lunde, a former retailer and now senior vice president of trade relations at Leo...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu's future is all about size.That's the thinking behind Michael W. Wright's strategy for the nation's largest food wholesaler and 14th largest corporate food retailer, as detailed in an interview with SN here.Wright...
CHICAGO -- Kroger doubled the sales of refrigerated puddings and pasta products at three of its Cincinnati marketing area stores by cross-merchandising the products at grocery aisles.The sales results surfaced in a limited test of the cross...