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They share a name and an owner, and their operating areas brush up against each other in the Mid-Atlantic states. But Ahold's two Giants are anything but twins. Giant-Landover with stores in the Washington, D.C., area, and a headquarters shared...
Canadian Tire Corp., which operates a chain of 474 stores across Canada specializing in auto, leisure and outdoor products, is planning to test a limited grocery offering in two stores, according to reports. The company will reportedly devote...
Harris Teeter, which has seen strong sales and profit growth for the past few years as it has expanded its upscale store base here and in the fast-growing suburbs of Washington, D.C., has begun to project a more cautious outlook. As consumer...
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 2008 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 16 losers 8 unchanged 0 Village +19.98% A&P +17.17% Spartan Stores +12.81% MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 90,201,692 Target 50,214,535...
Slowly but surely, the future is looking brighter for Winn-Dixie Stores. Since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy two years ago this month, the company many observers once wrote off as irreversibly down and out is gradually climbing back up. The...
Change has come to America, President-elect Barack Obama said in his acceptance speech after last week's historic election, in which Democrats won not only the presidency but gained a true majority in the Senate and strengthened their lead in the...
Supermarkets planning to survive the present economic downturn would be wise to avoid middle-market positioning, said an A&P executive in an address here. There's been a big shift among retailers to get out of the middle, said G. Robert James...
Investments in pricing and private label are helping Delhaize Group manage a difficult consumer environment, the company, based here, said last week. In the U.S., an emphasis on pricing and private-label goods boosted quarterly sales momentum...
PUBLIX EARNINGS, STOCK TUMBLE IN Q3 LAKELAND, Fla. Rising internal costs and a struggling customer base combined to send quarterly earnings down by 18.9% in the third quarter, Publix Super Markets here said last week. In unaudited financial...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Winn-Dixie Stores had a potential opportunity to add 49 stores across Florida when Albertsons LLC put them up for sale at mid-year, but the stores were ultimately purchased by Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla. Asked if the...