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07/02/2009
Convenience store chain The Pantry has completed the acquisition of 38 stores formerly operated by Herndon Oil.
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Supermarket News
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07/02/2009
A Sendik's supermarket that is closing after one year in business will be replaced by a Pick 'n Save store later this year, according to local sources.
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Supermarket News
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07/02/2009
Kmart has introduced the Kmart Smart Assist Savings Card in Michigan, offering 20% discounts on more than 1,200 private-label grocery and drug-store items to unemployed shoppers in the state.
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Supermarket News
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07/02/2009
The president and chief executive officer of K-VA-T Food Stores told a local newspaper that the Food City chain "is not for sale and probably won't be in my lifetime."
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Supermarket News
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07/02/2009
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a compromise between Bi-Lo and its creditors to extend the deadline by which the retailer can file an exclusive plan of reorganization.
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Supermarket News
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07/01/2009
Almost one-third of men in the United States are now the principal shoppers in the household, accounting for over $201 billion dollars -- nearly 50 percent of the consumer packaged goods annual spend.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
New consumer polling data has found that an overwhelming majority of U.S. supermarket shoppers will continue to buy store-brand products even after the recession ends.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Opterus Inc., a Toronto-based provider of Web-based store communications and task management solutions, this week released its Store Ops-Center Version 2.2, the latest update of its on-demand retail portal designed specifically to create content, ensure message delivery to stores, monitor task execution and enforce operational compliance.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Payless Grocers, a family-owned three-store grocer in Wise County, Va., has deployed a single-vendor managed security solution to achieve PCI compliance at point-of-sale systems in the stores as well as at the gas pumps outside one of them.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
With steaks the ultimate choice for consumers during summer grilling season, the Retail Marketing Team of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to The Beef Checkoff Program, is encouraging retailers to capitalize on “Middle Meat Mania” to stoke profits and gain customer loyalty.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Kroger Co. broke ground for a 123,000-square-foot Marketplace store in Little Rock, Ark., its first in the state, according to published accounts.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Times are tough, but Campbell Soup Co. is betting consumers will still consider philanthropy when making their buying decisions.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
As investors and owners strive to value retail centers, they can draw on a correlation between college education levels, vacancies and gross leaseable area to predict performance.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
A study of snacking behavior by AdSAM®, a non-verbal process of measuring emotional response, discovered that people’s snacking behaviors were connected to their emotional state of mind at the time they ate the snack.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
The Retail Advisory Board (RAB) of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) met this week during the 2009 NACDS Marketplace Conference in Boston to discuss social networking opportunities within its businesses.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
North American consumers continue to embrace self-service technology, as transactions at self-service kiosks will surpass $775 billion in 2009, according to a new research study conducted by IHL Group.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Cargill and Kraft Foods have joined forces for a promotion pairing Cargill’s ground beef products with Kraft’s A.1. Steak Sauce.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Downsizing, upsizing, package material changes, and product reformulations are all ways to cut costs and streamline operations in a tight economy -- but the right strategy for one may be completely wrong for another.
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Progressive Grocer
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07/01/2009
Bi-Lo Holdings on Tuesday asked a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to extend the deadline by which the retailer could file an exclusive plan of reorganization until Dec. 20.
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Supermarket News
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07/01/2009
Jeff Maurer, the former president of Pierce’s Markets, intends to open a new store serving the University of Wisconsin community, he told SN.
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Supermarket News
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07/01/2009
A woman who pleaded guilty to four counts of money laundering while defrauding Associated Wholesale Grocers was sentenced to six months home detention and three years probation, reports said last week.
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Supermarket News
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07/01/2009
More than 35 government experts voted 21-16 yesterday to reduce the maximum dosage of 4 grams for combination cold medications with acetaminophen, including Tylenol.
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Supermarket News
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07/01/2009
Save Mart Supermarkets and its Lucky Stores subsidiary will sponsor “Bringing It Home,” a Northern California-Northern Nevada farm-to-table food show, through the end of the year, the chain said yesterday.
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Supermarket News
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