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05/17/2012
DENVER — Around 15,000 workers at King Soopers, Safeway, Albertsons, Smith Foods and City Market stores in Colorado and Wyoming have ratified a two-year contract extension, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 here said Wednesday.
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05/17/2012
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores’ new Valu Land discount concept will add three to five new stores this fiscal year, and officials see the potential for the banner as an organic growth vehicle outside of Michigan.
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05/17/2012
NEW YORK — Kroger is experimenting with building larger convenience stores with more fresh food offerings to better compete against smaller grocery formats.
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05/17/2012
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets here on Wednesday said it has promoted Gino DiGrazia to vice president of finance.
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05/17/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here has agreed to lease warehouse space at a former Giant Food facility in Landover, Md., published reports said Wednesday.
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05/17/2012
The Marketplace Limited is looking for Supermarket Store Managers and Assistant Store, Meat, Product Managers - Job Opportunities
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05/17/2012
H-E-B has made a commitment to help Texans, who live in the 13th most obese state in the union, lead healthier lives and fresh produce plays a significant role in fulfilling that strategy.
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05/17/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. here said Wednesday that strong apparel sales and a better mix of higher-margin product helped boost profit margins in the first quarter.
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05/17/2012
DINUBA, Calif. — California cantaloupe handlers have voted to amend the California Cantaloupe Advisory Board to create a new, more comprehensive food safety program.
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05/17/2012
BROOKINGS, Ore. — C&K Market here said Wednesday it has launched a new loyalty program that will include customer-interest clubs, internet coupons, personalized offers and a points-based discount program.
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05/17/2012
PORTLAND, Ore. — On Tuesday Kroger banner Fred Meyer honored its 10-year partnership with Oregon Food Bank by christening a truck trailer funded by a $133,000 contribution from the retailer's customers and employees.
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05/16/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here said Tuesday that Tim Lowe, president of the company’s Shoppers Food & Pharmacy banner, has been named senior vice president of merchandising at the parent company.
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05/16/2012
CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. has been named the 2012 recipient of the Black Pearl Award for advancing food safety and quality, given by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).
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05/16/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Nash Finch Co. here said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire the 18-store No Frills Supermarkets chain, based in Omaha, Neb. — the company’s second acquisition in the region this year.
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05/16/2012
DALLAS — When it comes to personalizing retail approaches using technology, “it’s not how much you know but what you share with customers that defines how effective you will be,” a Bozzuto’s executive told attendees at an FMI2012 session here.
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05/16/2012
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Hank’s Thriftway celebrates Mother’s Day floral sales twice — on May 10, Mexico’s Mother’s Day — and on the second Sunday in May, when Mother’s Day is traditionally celebrated here.
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05/16/2012
NEW YORK — Estimated multi-employer pension-plan funding shortfalls will weaken the financial leverage metrics of U.S. supermarkets, but most companies’ debt ratings will not be affected, Moody’s said Tuesday.
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05/16/2012
MIAMI — At the second annual Shopping for Health meeting here, supermarket dietitians gained trend data and source materials they said will help them draw customers to healthful products in their company’s stores.
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05/16/2012
WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge said Monday that controversial new rules to speed up union elections could not be enacted because the National Labor Relations Board lacked a quorum when the rules were approved late last year.
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05/16/2012
DALLAS — Innovative merchandising created through collaboration among retailers and suppliers requires careful planning and dedication, but it can be a powerful driver of incremental sales if executed properly, according to presenters at an FMI2012 session here.
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05/16/2012
Reality tells us that it’s Greenpeace — not the retailers —who has let down consumers on seafood sustainability.
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05/15/2012
CHICAGO — IGA said Monday it will again seek to raise funds for the Wounded Warriors Project in its second annual IGA exclusive-brand national cause marketing initiative.
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05/15/2012
CHICAGO — Marsh H. Blackburn, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Sales Force Cos., died last month at age 82 of heart failure.
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05/15/2012
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05/15/2012
LAKELAND, Fla. – Publix Super Markets here announced that the number of paper and plastic grocery bags it has saved since mid-2007, when the chain launched initiatives to cut usage at the checkout, has surpassed the 2 billion mark.
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