Farmer Jack Supermarkets, Detroit, a subsidiary of A&P, Montvale, N.J., said it has acquired Felice Food Markets, Waterford, Mich., a three-store chain. Farmer Jack said it has reflagged the stores and will retain all Felice employees at their...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week it has joined the WorldWide Retail Exchange, a retail-focused business-to-business exchange whose members include Albertson's, Ahold, Delhaize, Safeway, Target and many others. e, Supervalu president...
Ahold, Zaandam, Netherlands, completed its 51% acquisition of Peapod, Chicago, after Peapod shareholders approved the $72.6 million offer at Peapod's annual meeting. Effective with the closing, four new members joined Peapod's board of directors...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Delhaize America here said last week sales and comparable-store sales rose in the second quarter ended June 17 although earnings declined, a situation the company attributed to price markdowns it instituted to build sales in a...
Peapod, Chicago, last week began accepting orders and making deliveries from Stop & Shop "fast-pick" centers in the Connecticut towns of Norwalk and New Canaan. The distribution centers, built in 8,000-square-foot mezzanine storage spaces at Super...
LANDOVER, Md. -- Dutch retailer Ahold is promoting discussions of ways in which two subsidiaries -- U.S. Foodservice, Columbia, Md., and Giant Food here -- could work together to open turnkey concepts such as coffee bars inside Giant stores...
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets looking to offer on-line shopping in the United States could learn much from the example of Tesco, the London-based chain that is proving a store-based fulfillment model can work, according to Marcus Bokkerink, vice...