Sigfried WeisPa. -- Sigfried Weis, chairman emeritus of Weis Markets, Sunbury, Pa., died at his home here June 11 after a long illness. He was 79.From 1961 until this January, Weis was president and chairman of the company that was founded in...
ATLANTA -- An abundance of Washington apples sparked the Atlanta division of Kroger Co. last month to offer a mail-in rebate on bags of the Red Delicious variety.The chain ran an unusual half-page newspaper advertisement featuring an 8-pound bag...
Ex-Stop & Shop Division in Chap. 11s. here said it does not expect Bradlees' Chapter 11 filing to have a significant impact on its own operations.Stop & Shop is owed some $1.5 million by the Braintree, Mass.-based discount store chain and former...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Aiming to boost its identity and customer loyalty, Genuardi's Family Markets here plans a major expansion of its store brand.Starting in September, the first of more than 850 new Genuardi-label items is slated to enter stores as...
Ants and yellow jackets aside, a picnic wouldn't be a picnic without paper plates and disposable cups and cutlery. And it...
Grocery tie-ins, along with heightened promotions of well-known authors, are helping some retailers draw attention to their...
Supermarket retailers are quickly adjusting their stomach remedy schematics as Tagamet HB, the second product in the fast...