| Industry News |
| 08/06/2009 United Food and Commercial Workers and the Service Employees International Union have agreed to combine their respective organizations seeking to organize workers at Wal-Mart Stores. |
| 08/06/2009 The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking more than $22 million from Charles C. Conaway, the former chief executive officer of Kmart Corp., stemming from charges that he mislead investors and concealed information from the company's board, according to reports. |
| 08/06/2009 Bashas' here has initiated a senior discount day on the first Wednesday of every month at its Bashas'-banner stores to customers aged 55 and older, according to locally published reports. |
| 08/06/2009 99 Cents Only Stores yesterday said it posted a profit of $9.5 million for the first fiscal quarter, vs. a loss of $1.5 million in the year-ago period. |
| 08/06/2009 This webinar will explore how the government may change its food monitoring activities over the coming years and how that will impact food retailers, manufacturers and consumers. |
| 08/05/2009 Whole Foods Market said net income and sales rose for the third quarter, which ended July 5, while net income fell on higher sales for the year to date. Comparable-store store sales declined for both periods. |
| 08/05/2009 ES3 will add a 705,000-square-foot tower to its existing warehousing and distribution center here, the company said. |
| 08/05/2009 Loblaw Cos. said its Atlantic division, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has rolled out a new pricing campaign called “Just Lower Prices,” flagging those items that are discounted from regular retail prices. |
| 08/05/2009 Lowes Foods’ new “e-Offers” digital coupon program is increasing exposure of its private labels. Along with featuring savings on national brands, the program includes coupons for more than a half-dozen private-label items. The private-label offers are prominently promoted at www.lowesfoods.com/instasave. |
| 08/05/2009 Investments in promotions in the third quarter put pressure on the operating earnings of Harris Teeter, the chain’s parent company said yesterday. Ruddick Corp. here said operating profit at Harris Teeter was down 3.8%, to $42.8 million, compared with the year-ago period. |
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08/04/2009
Internationally renowned artist and Pop-Tarts® partner to launch Pop-Tarts Pop Art program
-- Kellogg Company |
| 08/04/2009 Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell has designated August “Produce Month,” in honor of the considerable health and economic benefits of the state’s more than $200 million fruit and vegetable industries. |
| 08/04/2009 The Second District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, Calif., upheld a trial court ruling July 30 that the City of Los Angeles Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance -- the first attempt in the nation to require a certain class of supermarket retailers to retain workers when a store changes ownership -- is unconstitutional. |
| 08/04/2009 Regional independent Publix scored a hat trick for the second quarter of 2009, with sales, profits, and its share price (Publix stock is privately held) all increasing over past year. The only decrease it saw was in comparable-store sales, which slid 2.6 percent from last year. |
| 08/04/2009 While cutbacks in spending have been the norm since the economy went haywire, some people have been cautiously backing away from those austerities. An AdweekMedia/Harris Poll, fielded last month, gives a look at who has been cutting and uncutting. |
| 08/04/2009 Though it probably doesn’t gladden the hearts of kids, the back-to-school shopping season tends to give the economy an annual boost. |
| 08/04/2009 It’s no secret that sampling programs can get people to try and occasionally purchase an item. However, new research shows that such free giveaways can also help drive long-term sales and increase purchases of other items from the product line. |
| 08/04/2009 French’s Foods, a division of Parsippany, N.J.-based Reckitt Benckiser Inc., has launched its first-ever LIVE National Cook-Off to encourage home chefs to submit time-saving family recipes. |
| 08/04/2009 Ingles Markets, Inc. yesterday posted higher sales (excluding gasoline) for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 27,2009, vs. the same periods of the previous year. Net income was lower for the three- and nine-month periods, however, which the Southeast regional grocer attributed to increased costs related to store development, general economic conditions, and costs associated with the company’s refinancing in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. |
| 08/04/2009 Publix Super Markets here said net earnings improved by 1.7% on a 2.7% sales gain for the second quarter. |
| 08/04/2009 Workers at a Metro Inc. grocery warehouse in Quebec City returned to work Sunday after approving a new contract with the retailer, which is based here. |
| 08/04/2009 Weis Markets yesterday announced the launch of its new “Local and Proud of It” campaign highlighting the grocer’s commitment to offering a wide variety of locally grown produce. |
| 08/04/2009 Sprouts Farmers Market has selected ADC, Tampa, Fla., as its supplier of recipe management and scales management systems. |
| 08/04/2009 Marsh Supermarkets has stopped accepting coupons it had offered on the Facebook social networking site, stating that the offer was distributed in an unauthorized manner. |
| 08/03/2009 Ingles Markets said Monday that same-store sales for the third quarter, excluding gasoline and adjusted for Easter, were up, but net income was down because of refinancing activities, the economic slowdown and increased store-development costs. |