As consumers roll the grill back into the shed and pull sweaters out of their closets, supermarket operators are looking to rake in strong sales with their fall promotions.Chains contacted by SN said they generated...
WASHINGTON -- Although the supermarket industry opposed a minimum wage hike, President Clinton's approval of a 90-cent increase last week doesn't stand to immediately hurt many major operators, according to executives...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here plans to open three new Thriftway stores in the competitive Cincinnati market.The 60,000-square-foot units are scheduled to open in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The board of directors at Spartan Stores here last week unanimously elected James B. Meyer as the new president and chief operating officer.Meyer, chief financial officer and senior vice...
1NEW YORK -- Grand Union Co., Wayne, N.J., has agreed to turn over majority control to Shamrock Group, an investment company, in a move to fuel an aggressive growth plan.At a press conference here last week, Grand...
ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- Ahold here is melding its Edwards Super Food Stores chain into its Stop & Shop and Giant Food Stores subsidiaries and shifting top-level officials to streamline some of its U.S. operations.The...
ATLANTA -- As the Olympic hoopla fades, athletes pack their bags and visitors go home, supermarket operators here are shining the medals they earned in the sales event.Despite media reports of local merchants and...
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. here has opened a second ShopRite store on New York's Long Island, where supermarket competition has been sharpening over the past year.The 60,000-square-foot store, operated by...
NEW YORK -- Ahold last week closed its acquisition of Stop & Shop Cos. amid growing industry speculation that its planned divestiture of 31 supermarkets could trigger competitive shifts in the New England market...
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. here is selling two corporate ShopRite stores in Connecticut to local supermarket operators.ShopRite Supermarkets Inc., a wholly owned Wakefern subsidiary based in Edison, N.J....