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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Kroger Co. is among the retailers seeking licenses to sell liquor as the Buckeye State eliminates state-run liquor stores.Kroger opened an 800-square-foot liquor department in its store in the Cincinnati suburb of Hyde Park in...
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets again placed high on a list of the top rental retailers in the country, but there were significant changes in the rankings. Twenty-three supermarket chains were on the listing of the Top 96 rental chains printed in the...
ATLANTA -- The Kroger Co. division here has opened another driver's license renewal center to further its community relations in Georgia.The Cincinnati-based chain installed an 10-foot wide driver's license renewal counter next to the customer...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here is looking to ring up some healthy sales with the introduction of two low-fat to no-fat private-label lines.Paul Bernish, spokesman for Kroger, said Healthy Indulgence items are available in grocery categories, bakery...
NEW YORK -- Premium private-label products have improved the visibility and the image of mainstream private-label items, according to Brian Sharoff, president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association here."What we think is that the public...
PHILADELPHIA -- Fresh hams and pizza in the bakery?Supermarket strategist Gene Hoffman thinks those and other unconventional products could very well provide the saving grace for in-store bakeries in the future.Speaking at the Laurel, Md.-based...
ATLANTA -- America's Favorite Chicken Co. here, the parent company of Churchs Chicken and Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, has targeted the Los Angeles area for major expansion of its Popeyes chain into retail outlets.n negotiations with two...
CINCINNATI -- Supermarket participation in paczki celebrations and sales here doubled this year with the addition of Kroger Co. stores in the area.The company sent a representative to the second Annual Paczki Celebration here at Fountain Square...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- While many retailers are busily scanning the horizon for the much-hyped arrival of fresh-cut fruit, Kroger Co.'s Delta division here has jumped on board with a regionally processed line of melons, grapes and pineapples.The...
HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- Ray E. Dillon, a former chairman of Dillon Cos. here, died Feb. 15. He was 98.along with his two sons, Ray Jr. and Richard, and a nephew, Paul.During his 60-year career, which included terms as president of the Super Market...