Walmart: 'Fresh Angle' layouts coming to 3,300 stores
Walmart's efforts to improve fresh presentation in stores includes a layout initiative known as "Fresh Angle" coming to 3,300 stores this year, as well as the addition of market-level "fresh experts" to oversee training of department employees, chief merchandising officer Steve Bratspies said in a presentation.
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Ahold striving for appeal 'like Wegmans,' COO says
Ahold USA is on track to becoming one of the great U.S. retailers, James McCann, COO, told store managers and support staff. The goal, he said, is to become “the retailer, like Wegmans, [customers] really, really love."
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5 Millennial takeaways from NGA
Retailers had Millennials on their minds during the annual convention of the National Grocers Association in Las Vegas last week, with a variety of speakers offering advice on how to figure out how to serve the needs of the younger generation.
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Millennials in the grocery store: Are they really that much different from older generations?
Millennials are gradually beginning to sound a bit more like their parents, and even their grandparents, which makes it worth considering whether our habit of thinking about generations in silos is too rigid.
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Aldi names Laubaugh U.S. co-president
Aldi U.S. said that Brent Laubaugh has been promoted to the role of co-president, effective March 28. Laubaugh, currently VP of the retailer's Saxonburg division in Pennsylvania, will join David Behm and Chuck Youngstrom, who continue in their roles as co-presidents.
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Fry's confirms expansion plans
Kroger's Fry's Food Stores division released details of a plan to expand its presence in Arizona with seven new stores in 2016, including six large-scale Marketplace units.
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Publix, H-E-B lead shopper experience rankings
Supermarket chains took five of the top 10 top spots in a national survey ranking consumers’ experiences at a variety of retail businesses.
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Talks to resume between Stop & Shop, unions
Five locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers union said they would resume federally mediated contract discussions with Ahold’s Stop & Shop New England division in hopes of avoiding a work stoppage.
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Smart & Final reports results for 'exceptional year'
Net income for the 13-week fourth quarter rose 7.4% to $10 million, while sales jumped 18.9% to $997.6 million — including $73.3 million attributable to an extra week in this year’s fourth quarter — and comparable stores sales increased 3.5%.
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Target picks L.A. stores to pilot innovations
The future of Target Corp. may be taking shape at 25 stores in the Los Angeles area, which this spring will host some 50 new initiatives under way for the retailer.
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