When opportunity knocks, Save Mart Supermarkets answers. We are opportunists, Bob Piccinini, chairman and chief executive officer of the Modesto, Calif.-based chain, told SN. We're always looking for opportunities to build and acquire stores. For...
What makes a shopper loyal to a particular store? Retailers have been trying to answer that question forever. These days, with consumers able to buy food staples at any number of different outlets drug stores, convenience stores, mass merchants...
GIANT EAGLE CROSS-PROMOTES WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL In an online message to customers, linked to an email newsletter this month, Giant Eagle has added immunizations to parents' back-to-school checklists for their kids. Cross-promoting health care...
Lowes Foods hopes to make a connection with the coveted young parent demographic with the launch of a networking website. MyBaby operates along the lines of myspace.com by letting users share stories, tips, blogs, photos and videos. Message boards...
CACCAMO RETIRES AS CEO OF CENTRAL Central Grocers said Friday that its longtime president and chief executive officer, Joseph Caccamo, has retired, effective July 31. He has been succeeded by Jim Denges, a 29-year veteran of the cooperative...
Retailers are chiseling out space in their freezers for categories that are traditionally shelf-stable. Recently, they've been making room for frozen baby and pet foods, which appeal to consumers' desire for fresher, more nutritious foods with a...