SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn Traffic here appears poised to reorganize itself as a smaller regional retailer and wholesaler now that it has shed its Big Bear division in Ohio and West Virginia, according to industry...
As the stock markets rebounded from a two-year slump in 2003, shares of publicly traded food retailers and wholesalers sat mostly on the sidelines.Shares of some food-distribution companies exceeded the sluggish...
Some analysts foresee a somewhat better year for sales and earnings in 2004, which could translate into gains for more companies' stocks, but they say the same competitive pressures that impacted traditional players...
As the stock markets rebounded from a two-year slump in 2003, shares of publicly traded food retailers and wholesalers sat mostly on the sidelines.Shares of some food-distribution companies exceeded the sluggish...
Retailers said they enjoyed a stronger holiday sales season in 2003 than they did the previous year, although some said shoppers waited until the last minute to do much of their buying.Supermarket operators contacted...
Organic beef and the retailers that specialize in it could be in a position to benefit from last month's revelation that meat from a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, entered the...
TORONTO -- If U.S. consumers react to the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy like their Canadian counterparts did, retailers have nothing to worry about.After the first Canadian case of BSE, or mad cow...
DALLAS -- Creditors of Fleming Cos. here are hoping that convenience-store distribution emerges as a hot growth area.The former supermarket wholesaler, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, has...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ingles Markets here plans to boost its acquisition of real estate in 2004 in preparation for building new and replacement stores in the following years, the company said during its year-end...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- It has been nearly a year since an accounting scandal brought Ahold to its knees, but many questions about the future of one of the world's largest food companies remain unanswered.Will the...