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MONTVALE, N.J. — A spokeswoman for A&P here confirmed Friday there was another round of layoffs at the company, but did not provide details beyond that.
The Bergen Record newspaper, citing an unnamed employee, said around 40 workers were d...
“I wanted to not spend a lot of nights away from home. One of the motivations for going into business was having that personal time, that family time.”
— Dwayne Goodwin, former Bi-Lo executive, now owner of Save-A-Lot franchise
SALT LAKE CITY — Associated Food Stores, a cooperative wholesaler here, has announced that “Perks,” a customer relationship program, is being used at Macey’s, a retail member.
The purpose of Perks, powered by software from Accelitec, Belli...
When a retailer invades a new market populated by an entrenched competitor, it often leads to a price battle, or a faceoff in which one operator clearly outshines the other in service or quality.
That’s not likely to happen when Publix Sup...
Millennials have a hard time finding a silver lining in this economy, with so many of them highly educated, carrying high debt for their degrees, and unemployed or underemployed. Boomers have delayed their retirement to replenish their nest eg...
MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P will close its Pathmark store in downtown Manhattan at the end of December to allow for a large-scale residential project to be built at the site, a company spokeswoman told SN Friday.
The retailer said it may elect to...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here and Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., are partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation in a “Buy any Three, Plant a Tree” initiative to link grocery purchases with tree planting in Arizona...
WASHINGTON — On Thursday the Department of Commerce announced that it made a preliminary decision to terminate its trade agreement with Mexican tomato growers.
This agreement goes back 16 years. After suspending an antidumping investigatio...