SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here said it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Food Fair of North Carolina, an 11-store chain based in Winston-Salem, N.C.The transaction, which will be finalized in March, represents the chain's first...
QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. here will pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that its pharmacies overcharged Medicaid programs in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.Under the agreement, Massachusetts will receive...
Harris Teeter Adds VP Postris Teeter here has named Larry Nivens vice president of nonperishables merchandising.In the new position, Nivens is responsible for all dry-grocery procurement and category marketing at the 138-store chain. He reports...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Independent Grocers Alliance will take another leap forward on the Internet by expanding its World Wide Web site to enable sharing of proprietary information with and between its retail members.The new section of the web site...
RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- Despite its name, Western Beef's retail business and expansion plans have nothing to do with the West Coast and involve far more than beef.If the store banners were to fully identify the chain's mission, they might read "Inner...
NEW ORLEANS -- Schwegmann Giant Super Markets here has installed its store brand in the former National Tea Co. supermarkets it acquired last year., public relations director."We have Schwegmann products in all locations. That's part of the long...
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland is not such an easy target anymore -- not for comedians, and not for retailers looking to muscle in on the produce turf guarded by its hometown supermarkets.The region is in resurgence, basking in the positive light given...
GADSDEN, Ala. -- The electronic frequent shopper program under way at Gregerson's Foods here has attained targeted sales volume levels, measured in both dollars and number of transactions.Now that 85% of all transactions are conducted on the card...