JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here has placed its Marketplace & Food Pavilion format in a new market and continues to expand the concept.The chain's Louisville, Ky., division premiered its first Food...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Bruno's here has charted a plan to improve operations by focusing on areas such as enhanced merchandising and unit growth, William Bolton, the company's new chairman and chief executive officer...
MINNEOLA, N.Y. -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 342-50 here avoided a strike by reaching a tentative labor agreement last week with five New York area supermarket chains.The union's negotiating...
CHICAGO -- Certified Grocers Midwest, Hodgkins, Ill., has increased warehouse sales by $180 million over the last 32 months through its Vision 2000 Strategic Marketing Plan, according to Elwood Winn, president and...
At a time when shopper loyalty seems to be at an all-time low, consumer affairs professionals are finding their roles more critical to supermarket strategies.As supermarket chains battle an increasing number of...
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Five of the New York metropolitan area's largest retailers could face a union strike if a new contract isn't reached, according to Nickolas Abondolo, president of United Food and Commercial Workers...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Twenty-two Georgia supermarkets operated by Winn-Dixie Stores here have been fined a combined $28,000 by the Georgia Department of Agriculture for violating the Georgia Food Act, which regulates...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Cos. here last week entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Melmarkets/Foodtown, Garden City, N.Y., for $87 million.Stop & Shop has also agreed to assume an unspecified amount of...
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Village Super Market here reported that its earnings picture improved but sales fell in both the fourth quarter and year ended July 29.Quarterly net income totaled $352,000, compared with a net...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores president, James Kufeldt, declared an aggressive unit expansion and facility upgrade plan and announced a two-for-one stock split at the chain's annual meeting here last week...