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Supervalu Senior VP Is Retiringnklin, senior vice president of the Midwest and South regions of Supervalu here, will retire effective June 30. No successor has been named. Franklin has been responsible for the two regions, which encompass seven...
Pathmark Names Executive VPhmark Stores here has named Neill F. Crowley executive vice president of merchandising, a new position. Crowley was executive vice president of store support at Vons Cos., Arcadia, Calif., until his position was...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here is reportedly in talks to acquire Scrivner Inc., also based here, in a move that would create one of the largest food distribution companies in North America.Fleming is particularly interested in gaining control...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu is no laggard when it comes to efficiency initiatives, but its top executive takes a contrary view about some of the industry's efforts.Unlike some other wholesale executives, Michael W. Wright, chairman, president and...
SAN ANTONIO -- Putting Efficient Consumer Response into practice is liable to give supermarket operators withdrawal pains as they give up forward buying, said Ron Lunde, a former retailer and now senior vice president of trade relations at Leo...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu's future is all about size.That's the thinking behind Michael W. Wright's strategy for the nation's largest food wholesaler and 14th largest corporate food retailer, as detailed in an interview with SN here.Wright...
Supervalu is putting more effort into its growing corporate retail business. It is experimenting with additional formats, such as this Apple Valley, Minn., Cub unit, above. That store incorporates an expanded presentation of fresh foods, in...
Sales to consumers concerned about reducing fat and cholesterol are giving a new healthy glow to an ancient snack: the pretzel.According to Information Resources Inc., Chicago, supermarket scanning data for the 52-week period ended Jan. 2, 1994...
Two VP Positions Added by Supervaluinneapolis, has named Steven R. Nudson executive vice president and Robert S. Sieger vice president of finance at its Sweet Life Foods subsidiary here. Both are new positions.The two appointments were made in...
CHICAGO -- IGA has made its first foray into the growing ethnic foods market with a Mexican-Hispanic line of grocery products under the IGA Celebracion label.The line of 21 Mexican grocery products includes salsa, picante sauce, tortilla chips...