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01/27/2012
DAYTON, Ohio — Dorothy Lane Market will host its fourth annual bridal expo on Feb. 26.
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01/27/2012
JOLIET, Ill. — Central Grocers, the member-owned grocery cooperative here, said it has hired Kenneth W. Nemeth as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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01/27/2012
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Food Council here said it has re-elected Philip Scaduto as chairman of the state association.
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01/27/2012
LIVONIA, Mich. — CPG marketers distributed 305 billion coupons in 2011, an 8.1% decrease from 2010, according to a new report from NCH Marketing Services, a Valassis company.
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01/27/2012
Catch up on the past week of retail news with the top viewed SN newsletter stories for the week of January 23.
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01/27/2012
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Retail Industry Leaders Association here has released its first report on sustainability practices among some of its retail members.
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01/27/2012
ORLANDO, Fla. – H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, has made its stores accountable for the products that become unsaleable at the store level as part of a program to reduce the chain’s total level of unsaleables, said Ted Lechner, reverse logistics manager.
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01/27/2012
The “Just Label It” campaign aims to do no less than convince the Food and Drug Administration to label GMOs.
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01/26/2012
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced new, healthier standards for school meals, representing the first time that school meal standards have been changed in more than 15 years.
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01/26/2012
KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. here said Wednesday that it would begin supplying product, including the ShopRite private label line, to the 16-store Food Bazaar chain in the New York City area.
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01/26/2012
ARLINGTON, Va. — Food Marketing Institute here on Wednesday said it has hired Lucas Darnell as a director of member services.
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01/26/2012
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. here on Wednesday said that it has amended and restated a $2 billion revolving credit facility with 24 financial institutions.
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01/26/2012
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The judge in A&P’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in a hearing here Tuesday approved a $750 million exit financing plan for the retailer.
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01/26/2012
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Roundy's Supermarkets here will meet with its lenders Thursday in an effort to secure loans totalling $800 million to refinance its debt, according to reports.
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01/25/2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Marsh Supermarkets on Tuesday said it is planning to open a new store in this city's downtown area catering to the urban population.
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01/25/2012
ORLANDO, Fla. — Adoption of warehouse automation in the U.S. is growing because of demographic and workforce issues, as well as the need for competitive differentiation, said two professors at the University of Wisconsin — Madison.
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01/25/2012
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets will host part two of its first-ever “Everything Organic” festival Saturday.
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01/25/2012
ORLANDO, Fla. — In two weeks, Food Lion plans to reopen its Dunn, N.C., distribution center, severely damaged by a tornado nine months ago, and will turn on the refrigeration by Feb. 18, said Gerald Greenleaf, vice president, distribution and transportation, Delhaize America.
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01/25/2012
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Big Y Foods sold a Healthy Deli Package Groupon deal valued at $20, for $10, Tuesday.
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01/25/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. here said Tuesday it has promoted John Mulligan to the post of executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 1.
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01/25/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here on Wednesday said it has named Procter & Gamble veteran Michael Moore as its new chief marketing officer, succeeding Julie Dexter Berg, who is leaving the company.
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01/25/2012
ORLANDO, Fla. — Food Lion is close to completing a rollout of computer-assisted ordering (CAO) to all of its more than 1,500 stores, according to Scott Craig, director of supply chain, Delhaize America.
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01/24/2012
Schools, hospitals, community and senior centers — these are just some stops that the mobile market Fresh Moves makes as it moves through the West Side of Chicago.
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01/24/2012
MIAMI — A Russia-based retailer with backing from Dutch investors is seeking to build a chain of small retail food stores in South Florida.
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01/24/2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here and Bi-Lo have created three integration planning committees made up of executives from each chain to begin preparing for the merger of the two companies.
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