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SAN FRANCISCO -- Partnering isn't just for the big boys.Independent supermarket operators and the wholesalers who service them can, and must, also forge strategic sales alliances to improve their lot, especially in the face of competition from...
Richfood Appoints Director of Saleshas named Jeff Bartolacci director of chain sales, a new position.Bartolacci was general manager of the wholesaler's northern division, which is based in Glen Burnie, Md. He reports to Joe Della Noci, vice...
ST. LOUIS -- Save-A-Lot here, a division of Supervalu, intends to acquire all 30 Texas T Discount Grocery stores owned and operated by Shop N' Sav, Grand Prairie, Texas, for an undisclosed amount.The proposed acquisition, announced last week...
Supermarkets have found two ways to improve efficiency and save money on transportation. Paradoxically, one gives them greater control, while the other takes some away.In one instance, computer-based routing is giving management the power to map...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here has completed its acquisition of Sweet Life Foods, Suffield, Conn., further strengthening its position as the nation's leading grocery distributor.y owned subsidiary of Supervalu.Julian J. Leavitt will continue as...
Winn-Dixie Shifts 3 Executives-Dixie Stores here has changed the positions of three executives in its marketing and public relations departments.Bruce C. Baxter, who was marketing director for the company's Jacksonville, Fla., division, has been...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here has named new presidents at three wholesale food divisions.Anniston, Ala..The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu wholesale food divisions in Anniston and Atlanta. The new...
CHICAGO -- Richfood and the Tacoma, Wash., division of Supervalu have received the 1994 IGA President's Cup award.f Supervalu, a Minneapolis-based food distribution and retail company, was honored for greatest IGA development.IGA, based here, is a...
Stew Leonard's Taps Summa Executive VPhas been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Stew Leonard's Dairy Stores here.He succeeds Stephen F. Guthman, executive vice president of finance, who resigned from the company and...
MINNEAPOLIS -- As part of its fiscal 1995 capital-expenditure program, Supervalu here said it expects to spend about $150 million to support its independent-retailer customers.e capital budget totaled $450 million in fiscal 1994, which ends today...