STOCKTON, Calif. -- Safeway will close its meat processing plant here in August, company officials confirmed.The chain's only meat processing plant manufactures and packages products such as hot dogs, ham, bacon and bologna for Safeway stores, as...
Supermarket chains are adding space for premium frozen entrees to feed a heightened consumer appetite for higher-end items, frozen food buyers and merchandisers said.To make room for upscale products, a number of retailers are trimming their array...
TROY, Mich. -- Kmart here continues to strengthen its food expertise with three more appointments to its Super Kmart Centers division. Joseph P. Bullara was named vice president of food merchandising, a new position. Bullara was senior vice...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite "disappointing and unacceptable" earnings over the past 18 months, Supervalu here expects its Advantage Project to have a positive effect on business by fiscal 1997, company executives told shareholders at the annual meeting...
ATLANTA -- Harry's Farmers Market, Roswell, Ga., plans to expand outside the metro Atlanta area next year with its fifth...
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- In the latest instance of wholesaler consolidation, Richfood Holdings here said last week it has signed...