WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here reported that earnings increased but sales dropped in the second quarter ended July 29.Net income soared 303.2% to $37.5 million for the quarter. Income increased 277.3% to $41.5 million for the six months...
Now that we've arrived at the mid-year point of the middle year of the last decade of the 20th century, it might be a good time to think about what the next five years will bring as they usher us into the next century; particularly, what changes...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A new satellite-based communications network will go on-line next week at Ball's Food Stores here in a pilot test expected to lead to a chainwide rollout. The 21-store retailer was to have installed a very small aperture...
There's gold in the condiments aisle. Bottled salad dressing has become one of the section's most precious liquids, pouring $1.1 billion in annual sales into the aisle.Trends toward healthier eating have endorsed the consumption of salads, which...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Forget that partridge in a pear tree, Tops Friendly Markets here put a new spin on an old carol by offering its shoppers 12 imported, microbrewed and seasonal beers for Christmas.Tops merchandised the beers in a half-page, two...
This year had more than its share of activity when it came to companies that staked out new directions for themselves or had circumstance staked out for them.Sometimes companies blazed new trails by changing the corporate structure in quite a...
Supermarket wholesalers played "Let's Make a Deal" in 1994, but some swung open the wrong door and walked away with the boobie prize.The deals involved mergers and major acquisitions, all fueled by the rush to consolidate and create larger, higher...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An employee strike against Fred Meyer Inc.'s stores here has prompted other local operators to lock out union workers in a standoff now affecting some 8,200 employees in five counties. Chains including Albertson's and Safeway and...
Nash Finch Appoints Directorger was named director of general merchandise at Nash Finch here. He had worked for a local drug chain in the area. He now reports to Chuck Ramsbacher, vice president of marketing. Roettger succeeds Ken Nemeth, who left...