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Food distribution companies in many sections of the country should benefit from improvements in the economy, and from a return of modest inflation during the second half of 1994, according to securities analysts interviewed by SN.But they also...
CHICAGO -- National brands and store brands will share store shelves in the future, according to a panel of speakers at the Promotion Marketing Association of America's annual Update conference here. It is only the proportions that are in question...
ATLANTA -- Kroger Co.'s Atlanta division believes its private-label products are as good as any national brand's, and is making consumers an unusual offer to prove it.The chain has instituted a private satisfaction guarantee program, called the ...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here last week reported better-than-expected earnings and cash flow for the first quarter. It marked the second consecutive quarter Kroger, the nation's largest supermarket operator, significantly exceeded Wall Street's...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Electronic data interchange is a lot more than just a buzzword at Kroger Co.It is credited with saving the chain millions of dollars in operating expenses, according to Dan Andrew, manager of corporate financial and EDI...
Kroger's Debt Rating Upgradedestors Service upgraded the ratings on the long-term debt of Kroger Co. here last month.The upgrade reflects Kroger's "strong and geographically diversified customer franchise, its improving debt-coverage ratios and...
SAN ANTONIO -- In acknowledgment that its low-price operation could not jump the competitive wall put up by H-E-B Grocery Co., Megafoods Stores has decided to abandon its price-impact format here.In a major shift in strategy -- a strategy that was...
HOUSTON -- The Kroger division here has added a new line of branded fresh chicken to its poultry product mix.The 21-item Butterball Fresh Chicken line, a product of the ConAgra Poultry Co., El Dorado, Ark., was made available last month to...
The news that A&P's Master Choice private label "is starting to act like a national brand" is being greeted with trepidation, to say the least, by national-brand marketers. A&P's plans to use Actmedia's in-store merchandising programs at 72 Farmer...
TAMPA, Fla. -- A change in the ownership of Kash n' Karry Food Stores here may be completed by the end of the chain's fiscal year in August, SN learned last week.A spokeswoman for Leonard Green & Partners -- a Los Angeles investment group that...