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EDINA, Minn. -- Byerly's here, which launched home shopping and delivery services this month, will expand the program's scope next month when it begins distributing software on diskette.ke the software available to shoppers who do not have...
BOSTON -- A seafood contractor and former retailer blasted supermarket seafood departments for their quality problems during a meeting preceding the annual International Boston Seafood Show here.Independent seafood contractor Phil Walsh said he...
Edwards Appoints VP for North Region osa was named vice president of store operations of the North Region by Edwards Super Food Stores here. He is responsible for units in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.Posa joined Edwards in 1986 as...
HODGKINS, Ill. -- Certified Grocers Midwest is giving its health and beauty care section a private-label makeover.The wholesaler is introducing 70 items of Shurfine private label from Shurfine Central Corp., Northlake, Ill. Shurfine will be rolled...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Safeway, Oakland, Calif., is weighing whether to replace its outdated Landover, Md., distribution center with a new $85 million facility, which would require contract concessions from 700 Teamster employees, or to contract out...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Shoppers who test a new Internet home shopping and delivery service offered by Tops Markets here this spring will be able to conduct searches and price comparisons of virtually 40,000 items.The chain is now providing information...
ST. LOUIS -- Sight & Sound Distributors here is aggressively working to expand its sales of video rental and sell-through products to supermarkets.To do it, the company is using a restructured sales force and new technology systems, including a...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Cos. here has carved out a new managerial position that will be charged with running both produce and deli under the umbrella of "perishable concepts."The new position, called vice president of produce sales...
Pricing private-label products is becoming a tricky game in supermarket health and beauty care aisles.Depending on the strategy, whether it's to compete with Wal-Mart, make a good profit or establish a price-value relationship in the consumer's...