QUINCY, Ill. -- A Supervalu retailer here sold more than 2,000 cases of E. J. Brach's Pick-a-Mix candy from a single store in a three-week period.The retailer, Niemann Foods here, sold the candy as part of E.J. Brach's Summer Safari promotion from...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here agreed last week to acquire Cincinnati-based Hyper Shoppes, the parent company of Bigg's.Supervalu said the purchase would give it "a greater presence" in the rapidly growing supercenter market.Bigg's operates five...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here will focus this year's corporate retail store expansion program on its Cub Foods and Save-A-Lot formats, according to Michael Wright, chairman, president and chief executive officer.add 20 new corporate Save-A-Lot...
Spartan Appoints 2 New Senior VPs Stores here has named two new senior vice presidents.Spartan, a leading cooperative wholesaler, late last month named Chuck Fosnaugh senior vice president of business development, a new title. He had been vice...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu plans to expand its Save-A-Lot limited-assortment store format by about 105 stores in the current fiscal year, according to Michael Wright, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Supervalu here.This includes...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here has decided to consolidate distribution volume in the Northeast by transferring wholesale grocery business from the former Sweet Life facility in Northboro, Mass., to the former Wetterau distribution facility in...