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A&P puts brand, data on the block
Hilco Streambank said that it would be taking bids for the intellectual property of A&P, which includes brand names for its stores and private brands, its slogans and customer data.
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Mariano's to open largest Chicago store
Roundy’s Inc. opened its newest — and largest — Mariano’s location in Chicago. The 34th store for the banner, anchoring the NewCity development, will bring approximately 540 new jobs to the area.
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Fairway seeking new funds after $12M 2Q loss
Fairway Group Holdings acknowledged it was seeking strategic alternatives to raise additional capital after reporting a $12 million quarterly loss and continued slowing sales.
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Southeastern Grocers to move HQ next year
Southeastern Grocers has informed its employees that the company will be relocating early next year to a remodeled office approximately 14 miles southeast of its current Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters.
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Walmart SVP: Fresh 'sets the tone' in stores
Walmart’s efforts to make a better impression in fresh are taking shape in new product formulations, a greater emphasis on trend-right and occasion-right items, and in emphasizing them behind new work processes and revamped department layouts.
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Walmart forging ahead with worker, tech investments despite near-term gloom
An investment community already apprehensive about Wal-Mart Stores’ bets on technology and employee pay turned even more sour upon learning their financial impacts would likely hit harder, and benefits arrive slower, than once expected.
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Albertsons expects strong 2Q comps, $9M loss
Albertsons Cos. said that it expects to post companywide sales of $13.4 billion and a $9 million operating loss during the second quarter, reflecting strong ID sales and the effect of newly acquired Safeway stores.
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Fill-in growth boosts Kroger sales
Kroger Co.'s practice of concentrating capital spending in select markets is resulting in increasing sales and share, Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO of Kroger Co., told an investors conference in New York.
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Bolstered by new additions, Key Food CEO outlines growth plans
In a spirited presentation, Key Food CEO Dean Janeway described how an ultimately failed attempt to acquire a Waldbaums lease in Brooklyn rolled into “an opportunity of a lifetime.”
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