Following is a list of warehouse formats from some major supermarket operators along with unit numbers, locations and expansion plans:Albertson's Max Foods Southern California (24), NABoise, Idaho 43 Colorado (9), Texas (7), Idaho (1), Wyoming (1)...
Suppliers are giving special attention to merchandise that ties in with greeting cards.Partyware, card inserts, buttons and window decorations and other related items have strong margins in the range of 30% to 50%, said Don French, director of...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Cisneros Group announced last week that it would not sell off its interest in Pueblo Xtra International here despite earlier statements to the contrary.d the United States Virgin Islands, according to Jeffrey Friemark...
MOBILE, Ala. -- Delchamps here reported a comparable-store sales increase of 7% during the second quarter ended Dec. 30, representing the company's third consecutive quarter of such increases.Overall sales increased 6.4% from $260.5 million to ...
Refrigerated juice is squeezing the pulp out of frozen juice sales, but supermarket chains aren't leaving the concentrates out in the cold.Retailers are pouring steady ad support into their frozen juice sections as well as cross-merchandising...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is criticizing a proposed reform of Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations as jeopardizing worker safety in the meatpacking and food processing...
LONDON (FNS) -- Profit margins at U.K. food retailers are in a steady decline that will continue over the medium term as a result of intense competition and rising costs, according to a report by Verdict Research, a consultancy based here.But the...
NORTH MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. -- The roof of this Waldbaum's supermarket collapsed here while an undetermined number of shoppers and employees were inside. Michael Rourke, senior vice president of communications and corporate affairs for parent company A...