TORONTO -- Sales at Loblaw Cos. here declined 9% for the first quarter, while net earnings jumped 17%.earlier, the company reported. Loblaw's sales fell roughly $200 million due to the sale of its U.S. retail business, National Tea Co., to Schnuck...
California-based distributors, hit with the nation's highest gasoline price surges, are trying to absorb the added costs without increasing prices for consumers or retail customers.Gasoline prices have risen by 21% in the state since February...
Baby formula as a category is alive and kicking, but some supermarket operators complain they're the ones getting kicked.The pullout of the third-leading formula manufacturer, the challenges associated with the Women, Infants and Children program...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak here and Kraft, Northfield, Ill., will team up for the holidays in a promotion that will include a sweepstakes with consumer cash prizes and gift certificates.v. 4 to Dec. 6.The holiday guide will be filled with...
The fallout from the $200 million-plus verdict against Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, is reverberating industrywide, as wholesalers consider reviewing their disclosure policies to allay potential retailer suspicions. "The Fleming situation has...
WAILEA, Hawaii -- David Maher, president and chief operating officer of American Stores Co., Salt Lake City, views the transformation of today's health care system as the impetus for community pharmacy to move beyond its traditional distribution...
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Vons Cos. here plans to expand its upscale Pavilions format into San Diego next year, Larry Del Santo, chairman and chief executive, said at the chain's annual meeting last week.Vons has 59 of its 330 stores in San Diego...
FREEHOLD, N.J. -- Foodarama Supermarkets plans to open bigger ShopRite stores of up to 75,000 square feet, said Joseph Saker, president and chief executive officer, in the company's annual meeting at its headquarters here.The 18-store New Jersey...
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. -- "Back-to-nature" is bringing shoppers into Kowalski's Market here.The three-unit independent, which is based in St. Paul, has placed a heavy emphasis on natural foods and nutrition in its recently remodeled unit here. In...
CLEVELAND -- Free candy and floral discounts were among the Mother's Day programs American Greetings here ran to boost department traffic in supermarkets."We're encouraging customers to buy Mother's Day cards, with the hope that once they get in...