ST. LOUIS (FNS) -- Schnuck Markets has filed a counterclaim against Family Co. of America, operator of 23 National stores that the latter firm bought last year from Schnuck -- charging the company and its officers...
OKLAHOMA CITY (FNS) -- Fleming Cos. will be "on track" by the year 2000 -- and will be a "completely new company," said Robert E. Stauth, chief executive officer, at the company's annual meeting here.The company...
Smart cards may become the preferred payment vehicle in the future. The cards, embedded with a microprocessor chip, can hold enormous amounts of data, as well as stored cash values for purchasing products and services...
Enticed by prospects for increased store traffic -- and hefty revenues from lease contracts -- retailers are rapidly signing on with banks to install branches in their stores.Banks are all too happy to bypass the...
Computer-based training in supermarkets is on the move, marching past the front end into other key areas of operation.Spurred by success with cashier training, retailers are eager to use computers to better educate...
Debit cards have become the darling of retailers -- the preferred type of customer payment for groceries over checks, credit cards and even cash.Retailers, though, are calling on the financial community to better...
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (FNS) -- Supercenter food sections aren't always a profit boon but fuel the format's success, said Bill Lancaster, vice president of sales at Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan."There are...
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (FNS) -- The Southern Alliance of States' electronic benefits transfer program, stalled by litigation this summer, is moving forward again and plans on a spring 1997 pilot launch in three of the eight...
ST. LOUIS (FNS) -- Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, has denied reports that it is planning to enter the St. Louis market.Michael Read, Albertson's spokesman, said the chain has received "a lot of calls" in the wake of a St...
OKLAHOMA CITY (FNS) -- Fleming Cos. here has been developing new fresh foods concepts to aid retailers in the home-meal replacement market, William J. Dowd, president, said at the wholesaler's annual meeting.Under the...