SALISBURY, N.C. -- Sanitation practices at Food Lion here were given a glowing review in a report issued after an evaluation of the chain's food-safety program by the Food and Drug Administration and retail food...
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Vons Cos. was driven to abandon its once-promising Tianguis format because of the effects of a secondary grape boycott by the United Farm Workers union, along with the rapid assimilation of its...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Steven A. Burd era at Safeway is off to a fast start.Since Burd, president and chief executive officer, assumed major decision-making control of the 1,089-unit company here a year and a half ago...
PALM DESERT, Calif. -- A supply chain dependent upon fee structures rather than selling activity is failing to produce needed efficiency, Patrick W. Collins, retired vice chairman of Ralphs Grocery Co., Compton, Calif...
COMPTON, Calif. -- For the third time in the last year and a half, Ralphs Grocery Co. here has been charged with false advertising and overcharging on sale items.The Los Angeles City Attorney's office cited Ralphs and...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A judge here has dismissed charges by Super Food Services that Albertson's violated an agreement when it broke off discussions two years ago to buy the wholesaler's Florida distribution centers.The...
SAN ANTONIO -- In acknowledgment that its low-price operation could not jump the competitive wall put up by H-E-B Grocery Co., Megafoods Stores has decided to abandon its price-impact format here.In a major shift in...
MESA, Ariz. -- Megafoods Stores here reported a loss for the year and fourth quarter ended Jan. 1.The loss, which the company attributed to expenses associated with adding 24 net new stores in 1993, totaled $19.5...
PHOENIX -- A raging coupon battle among Phoenix-area retailers is reaching new levels of intensity, spurring Safeway and Fry's Food & Drug to take the virtually unprecedented step of offering to quadruple manufacturer...
LOS ANGELES -- Food 4 Less Supermarkets, La Habra, Calif., is suing Lucky Stores, Dublin, Calif., for $200 million in damages, claiming the retailer has used false and misleading advertising and anti-competitive...