WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarket operators have found a new partner to help them open stores in inner-city neighborhoods.That partner is The Retail Initiative, the first corporate investment fund to provide capital to...
LANDOVER, Md. (FNS) -- Giant Food here is set to make an all-out move north into Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.At the annual meeting here, Giant's management said it expects to open between 10 and 12 stores...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Food industry representatives say they do not expect the market for meat, fish and dairy products to suffer from a government report linking dioxins to cancer in human beings.The Environmental...
LAKELAND, Fla. (FNS) -- Publix Super Markets here said net income increased 8.3% to $49.6 million in the second quarter ended June 25.Sales in the chain's 452 supermarkets rose 12.7% to $2.02 billion from $1.8 billion...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A panel of medical experts meeting in Washington recommended that beef-handling safety measures be stepped up "all along the food chain," from farms to supermarkets to consumers' kitchens. The...
LAKELAND, Fla. (FNS) -- Publix Super Markets here said net earnings increased 8.3% to $180.3 million in the year ended Dec. 25, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Publix reported...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- IGA, Chicago, is studying business opportunities in China, hoping to establish a presence in the booming economy before China's growing middle class attracts an influx of foreign competitors.IGA is...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Companies in the United States planning to open a store or plant in Mexico probably shouldn't seek financing south of the American border, according to experts.Instead, companies would do far...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Representatives of food packagers here are up in arms over a Customs Service ruling that requires companies to follow new packaging-label requirements for frozen produce starting May 8, 1994...