Associated Food Stores received six Creative Choice awards from the National Grocers Association last week at the NGA Annual Convention. The Salt Lake City-based wholesaler received honors in various categories, including nation's best fresh food...
Winn-Dixie Stores posted a sharp increase in profitability in its fiscal second quarter last week after the company said it adjusted its promotional activity to help preserve margins. The company moved its reporting timetable up five days to share...
Stater Bros. Holdings said last week it was disappointed with the earnings decline in its fiscal first quarter, but enthusiastic that low margins have helped boost customer counts. We'd like to see more on the bottom line, but customer count is...
SAFEWAY LAUNCHES WEDDING WEBSITE BELLEVUE, Wash. Safeway's Seattle division here has announced a new partnership with WedNet LLC that will give brides in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska the opportunity to view the company's selection of...
When she was a graduating college student, Joan Kavanaugh knew so little about Aldi she nearly blew off her job interview. Eighteen years later, much of what we know about Aldi's U.S. business can be traced to Kavanaugh's influence. As vice...
Mike Vail helped play the role of midwife during the birth of Sweetbay Supermarkets now he's charged with ushering the chain into adulthood. The president and chief operating officer of Sweetbay since last June, Vail is completing the...
Sander van der Laan can't help but see Giant-Carlisle with new a set of eyes. After all, he arrived in central Pennsylvania from Amsterdam only last summer. But what Giant's new chief executive officer sees is in many ways a new vision for Giant...
Dan Portnoy, chief merchandising and marketing officer at Winn-Dixie Stores, is obsessed with retail. On a business trip or a family vacation, I drag everybody into any retail store I see a clothing store, an electronics store or whatever, he told...
Increasingly, businesses and consumers seem to be wondering if there is in fact any light at the end of the economic tunnel. In five profiles, SN presents interviews with five industry leaders who are laying the tracks to guide their companies...
In a conference call discussing second-quarter earnings yesterday, Winn-Dixie Stores said that during the first half the chain’s 54 offensive remodels had a weighted average sales gain of 9.6%, slightly below its 10% target.