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06/02/2009
Safeway is dedicating June to raise funds for prostate cancer research through customer donations made at the checkstand at Safeway, Dominick’s, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Genuardi’s, Vons, Pavilions, Carrs or Pak n’ Save stores.
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06/02/2009
Amazon.com said at its annual meeting last week that it had no plans to expand its 2-year-old perishables-delivery service beyond the Seattle area anytime soon, according to reports.
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06/02/2009
Natural-products conglomerate Planet Organic here on Monday said overall revenues for the fiscal third quarter increased by 11.5%, but losses accelerated as its stores in the U.S. and Canada saw negative same-store sales growth for the period.
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06/02/2009
The United Food and Commercials Workers of Ohio has named Joyce Patton as its government relations director.
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06/02/2009
PCC Natural Markets will kick off its Grillin’ and Chillin’ summertime event series at its store on Friday with Vera Cruz grilled chicken and vegetables, Fiesta Salad, fresh guacamole and black bean and corn salad.
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06/01/2009
Wal-Mart Stores here has won preliminary court approval to pay as much as $85 million to settle 30 lawsuits involving claims the company didn't pay employees for all hours worked, according to Bloomberg News.
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06/01/2009
Online grocer FreshDirect is “solidly profitable for the first time in its six-year history,” according to a report in Crain’s New York Business.
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06/01/2009
Price Chopper on Friday said it has hired Paul White as director of talent acquisition, overseeing the daily operation of the recruiting department for the 119-store chain.
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06/01/2009
Piggly Wiggly Carolina said it has named Steve Stanec vice president of information services.
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05/29/2009
The continuing recovery at Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover highlighted a strong first quarter performance at Ahold, although a charge for lease guarantees at former chains Bi-Lo and Bruno’s sank net earnings, the retailer said Thursday.
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05/29/2009
Union workers at Safeway and King Soopers stores here have requested further extensions to their existing contracts as negotiation deadlines with the respective retailers failed to provide a new deal.
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05/29/2009
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Minneapolis-based Target Corp., thanked William Ackman, the man who led the challenge against management's slate of directors at yesterday's annual meeting here for his efforts to improve shareholder value, according to reports from the meeting.
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05/29/2009
Costco Wholesale Corp. said yesterday consumer packaged goods manufacturers are starting to reduce prices, possibly in reaction to rising private-label sales.
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Supermarket News
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05/29/2009
Winn-Dixie Stores said yesterday it is urging consumers and businesses to make plans ahead of time at the start of hurricane season, which officially starts Monday.
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05/28/2009
A recent poll of grocers found that bulk foods have jumped in sales volume about 10 percent over the past 12 months. Further, organic foods, one of the mainstays of the bulk food category, have seen double-digit sales growth for several years, while total U.S. food sales have been growing in the range of just 2 percent to 4 percent annually.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
The recession is taking a bite out of the once-hot 100-calorie pack business.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
Consumer packaged goods are now able to enter the competition to win the 2010 Product of the Year USA awards.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
Heineken and Heineken Light's summer retail program, which is running from June through August, invites consumers to host a Heineken “Blok” Party.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
At the annual meeting of Wakefern Food Corp. in East Brunswick, N.J. last week, the grocery cooperative said it had reached a record sales level of $10.6 billion in retail sales for the fiscal year ending Sept. 27, 2008, representing a 7.5 percent increase from the year-ago period. In addition, Wakefern posted $8.4 billion in warehouse sales for the fiscal year.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
The Golub Corp./Price Chopper Supermarkets has hired Steven Duffy as VP of Architectural Design and Purchasing Services, reporting directly to William Sweet, VP of engineering and construction. The company also promoted Benny Smith to the position of VP of facilities, also reporting directly Sweet, and Glen Bradley to the position of director of business intelligence, reporting directly to Peter Cobuzzi, VP of marketing.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
Jeff Noddle, chairman of the board and outgoing CEO of Supervalu, Inc., and Robert E. Rich Jr., chairman of Rich Products Corp. will be recipients of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2009 Hall of Achievement Award.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
After employing a fresh produce food safety and quality enhancement application for the past five years in four of its key regional banner supermarket chains, Supervalu is expanding the use of the Sterilox Food Safety System companywide to provide an additional layer of protection for fresh produce.
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Progressive Grocer
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05/28/2009
Market Street, the six-store chain operated by United Supermarkets, has launched an in-store game with $3 million in prizes.
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Supermarket News
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05/28/2009
Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday it has named Vicente Trius executive vice president and president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Latin America, effective July 6. He was formerly EVP and president and CEO of Wal-Mart Asia.
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Supermarket News
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05/28/2009
Food Lion is rewarding private-label buyers with coupons ranging from $1 to $10.
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