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01/04/2012
PITTSBURGH — Bottom Dollar Food, the price-impact banner of Delhaize America, has published the store locations where it plans to open here and in Youngstown, Ohio.
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01/04/2012
AUSTIN, Texas — H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has remodeled a store here with several new features targeting Hispanic shoppers.
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01/04/2012
Be the Center of the Retail World Retail’s BIG Show is where the world’s retailers and strategic partners gather once a year to share ideas, make connections, embrace technology and drive the industry forward. In 2012, we’re offering attendees more than ever before. More challenging programming, more retail innovators, more opportunities to connect with colleagues, and even more space to move around in. Location
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center New York City, NY United States 40° 42' 51.6708" N, 74° 0' 21.5028" W See map: Google Maps
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01/04/2012
International Dairy Foods Association La Quinta (Calif.) Resort & Spa Location
La Quinta Resort & Spa La Quinta, CA United States 33° 39' 48.0852" N, 116° 18' 36.036" W See map: Google Maps
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01/04/2012
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — BJ’s Wholesale Club will adopt a hiring system from Dallas-based PeopleAnswers over the next several months in all of its 192 club outlets, following a test of the system in 15 clubs.
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01/04/2012
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Shoppers who spent heavily at online retailers over the holiday season will cut back spending early this year while they pay those bills, according to a forecast released Tuesday by America’s Research Group here.
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01/04/2012
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Food Stores has introduced the Hy-Vee App.
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01/04/2012
Brought to you by the NASFT
The Winter Fancy Food Show, now in its 37th year, is the West Coast's largest specialty food and beverage event. Each year the 17,000+ Winter Fancy Food Show attendees discover more than 80,000 products featuring the world's finest foods and beverages from more than 1,300 exhibitors representing 35+ countries.
National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Location
Moscone Center San Francisco, CA United States 37° 46' 29.748" N, 122° 25' 9.8976" W See map: Google Maps
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01/04/2012
Retailers and manufacturers share one supply chain.
Shouldn’t they share one supply chain conference?
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) are pleased to announce the third annual Supply Chain Conference, jointly hosted by the FMI-GMA Trading Partner Alliance (TPA)*. Working together, FMI and GMA have created a uniquely effective forum for retailers and manufacturers to come together to establish collaborations that foster supply chain efficiency, reduce costs and drive value.
At the conference, attendees will be given the opportunity to participate in interactive discussions and best-in-class sessions to help create joint ventures such as alternative fuel sourcing, reduce costs, as well as:
* Improve scheduling through sharing of data
* Learn about new technologies
* Mitigate workflow interruptions
* Discover the latest developments in product traceability
* Explore better contingency plans
* Use shopper trends data to drive inventory levels
* Optimize direct store deliveries (DSD) Location
Loews Royal Pacific Resort Orlando, FL United States 28° 32' 18.0096" N, 81° 22' 45.2532" W See map: Google Maps
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01/04/2012
WASHINGTON — While it continues to test various brands of powdered infant formula to determine the origin of a rare bacteria that killed two infants and sickened two others, the Food and Drug Administration says parents may continue to use powdered infant formula.
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01/02/2012
Brand Releases Survey Results to Help Change Women's Conversations about Weight Management
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| 01/01/2012 CHANDLER, Ariz. — Bashas' here said Friday it has refinanced its secured debt with a new lender group, enabling it to restructure the debt faster than originally planned. |
| 12/31/2011 NEW YORK — Whole Foods Market and Winn-Dixie Stores saw the biggest gains in share value in 2011 among U.S. supermarket chains, with both seeing increases of 35%-plus for the year. |
| 12/31/2011 WAWA, Pa. — Convenience-store chain Wawa, based here, has joined Wegmans Foods Markets of Rochester, N.Y., and other companies to lobby for changes in Securities and Exchange Commission rules that would allow them to keep their financial information private. |
| 12/31/2011 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets here on Friday told a local newspaper that it would make an announcement after Jan. 1 on the future of a price freeze it put into effect for 2011 on more than 200 grocery SKUs. |
| 12/31/2011 WASHINGTON — A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service finds that most supermarkets offer private-label discounts in direct response to national-brand discounts, but that the extent of these price cuts varies widely across store locations and departments. |
| 12/31/2011 BELLEVUE, Wash. – The Hartman Group, in a just-released study, zeroes in on changes in this country’s food culture over the last few years. |
| 12/30/2011 Catch up on the past week of retail news with the top viewed SN newsletter stories for the week of December 26. |
| 12/30/2011 HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. on Thursday identified 79 of the 100 to 120 stores it plans to shutter in its latest round of closings, as announced on Tuesday. |
| 12/30/2011 As New Year’s Eve approaches, some retailers have been using Twitter to target consumers who’ll ring in the New Year at home by offering recipes that put a new spin on traditional party food. |
| 12/30/2011 AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market is offering shoppers a chance to start 2012 off with a year’s supply of free pantry staples. |
| 12/30/2011 CHICAGO — Shoppers spent about $44 billion on general merchandise, apparel and accessories, furniture and other merchandise in the week that ended Dec. 24, according to ShopperTrak here. |
| 12/29/2011 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a letter to Winn-Dixie Stores employees, Peter Lynch, chairman, president and chief executive officer said he would provide an update on the company's planned acquisition by Bi-Lo every Friday throughout the process. |
| 12/29/2011 NEW YORK — Moody's Investors Servcie said it has upgraded its debt ratings on Nash Finch Co., citing the wholesaler's "solid credit metrics" through the economic downturn. |
| 12/29/2011 NEW YORK – Bucking tradition, casual dining restaurants this year are advertising price deals right through the holiday season, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. |