“Safeway was stuck. Management seemed to think that with a unionized cost structure, its only alternative [to low price] was differentiation, and Safeway wasn’t able to execute when it tried to...
Consumers remain cautious despite improvements in the economy, say participants in SN’s 2014 Financial Analysts Roundtable. They also examine alternative formats' impact on conventional supermarkets.
Bashas’, Chandler, Ariz., opened a remodeled Food City on Sept. 10 — a 42,000-square-foot store in the heart of Phoenix. Bashas’ operates 47 Hispanic-format locations under the Food City banner and...
A ceremonial ribbon-cutting was held earlier this month at all 11 units of Los Altos Ranch Market — the new name for the stores formerly called Pro’s Ranch Market, encompassing seven units in Phoenix, two...
The biggest winner — or loser — in the battle to acquire Family Dollar Stores might be Walmart, according to industry observers.
Family Dollar, Matthews, N.C., reached a tentative agreement last month to be acquired...
The Mariano’s store in Ravenswood, Ill., is what the company calls “a showpiece” — a location that features the best of what that chain has to offer. ...
As the economy keeps improving, so are supermarket sales, according to industry executives around the U.S., who told SN summer sales have been increasing — and most said they expect more of the same through the fall...
Andronico's Community Markets, a five-store Northern California chain based in San Leandro, has seen sales grow by 15% since it was acquired out of bankruptcy by Renovo Capital, Denver, in late 2011. The...
"The merger completes our portfolio and allows us to speak for the kind of retailers many legislators really care about — the mom-and-pop businesses in the communities they represent, the ones they see and...