Brookshire Brothers
Data: North America
- Location: Lufkin, Texas
- Top Executive: Jerry Johnson, president, CEO
- Corporate Stores: 101
- Sales in $ Billions: 1.3 est.
- Date FY Ends: 4/26/08
- Website: www.brookshirebrothers.com
Overview
Brookshire Brothers operates 72 supermarkets, and 29 convenience stores, which it acquired in July 2007 and which account for 0.2% of total sales.
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Techno Pricing
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Techno Pricing
The rising cost of food commodities has led to the biggest jump in retail food prices in 17 years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 3. Food retailers are mostly passing along their higher costs to consumers, but so far companies like Safeway and Kroger say they are not seeing a negative impact on sales. It appears that consumers are willing to pay 5.3% more that was the jump in the Consumer
Techno Pricing
The rising cost of food commodities has led to the biggest jump in retail food prices in 17 years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 3. Food retailers are mostly passing along their higher costs to consumers, but so far companies like Safeway and Kroger say they are not seeing a negative impact on sales. It appears that consumers are willing to pay 5.3% more that was the jump in the Consumer
POWER SHIFT
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