NRF SEEKS SALES-TAX HOLIDAYS WASHINGTON The National Retail Federation here has asked President-elect Obama for a two-pronged economic stimulus program to encourage consumer spending. The association's short-term proposal calls for three, 10-day...

Wal-Mart Stores here said it has agreed to settle 63 wage and hour class-action lawsuits for between $352 million and $640 million, depending on the amount of claims submitted by members of the class. The settlement of the lawsuits, which have...

Weis Markets last week said it was lowering prices on “thousands of its staple items” and had implemented a 90-day price freeze on those items. They include branded and private-label dry grocery, frozen, dairy, produce, meat, deli and...

Food-retailing stocks in general fared better than the market overall in 2008, although more than half of the North American supermarket and wholesaler issues tracked by SN had double-digit percentage declines during the year.

Whole Foods Market has pulled out of a plan to build a new store as part of a mixed-use project in downtown Miami, reports said last week.

KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. here, which operates the ShopRite cooperative, last week reported total combined retail sales of $11.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended Oct. 3, 2009, an increase of about 10.4% over year-ago levels.

A 70,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket has opened in the Christina Riverfront district here marking the area’s first major food retailer, Kenney Family ShopRites, operator of the new store, said Tuesday.

Ukrop’s Super Markets will close one of its two stores in Williamsburg, Va., by the end of the month, the company said Tuesday.

Spartan Stores yesterday said it has completed the acquisition of the 17-unit VG's Food & Pharmacy chain, which is the wholesaler's largest customer.