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CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. reported record sales and strong earnings for the third quarter ended Oct. 8.on. Adjusting last year's third-quarter results to reflect the sale of 13 Kroger units in San Antonio to Mesa, Ariz.-based Megafoods Stores...
MAULDIN, S.C. -- Bi-Lo here has completed the personnel consolidation of Red Food Stores, Chattanooga, with the relocation of 14 administrative support employees to its headquarters here and the elimination of about 80 positions in Chattanooga.All...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kroger Co.'s division here is about to adopt a new display tactic in its pet aisle in a bid to boost canned sales in the struggling dog food category.The project is a case in point of how better category management can result...
ATLANTA -- The Major League Baseball season may be long over, but the impact of a baseball tie-in promotion run here by Dial soap may last all year and into the next.Executives at Dial Corp., Phoenix, said the company is still processing responses...
ATLANTA -- Kroger Co., the leading supermarket chain here, took the high road on pricing the hot sell-through movie "Jurassic Park."The Atlanta Kroger marketing area, which leads the local market in total grocery share and in supermarket video...
CHICAGO -- The growth of premium store brands is leading supermarket chains into muddy waters in defining quality, said the head of quality assurance at Kroger Co., Cincinnati."By virtue of their success, premium programs represent a viable market...
PEWAUKEE, Wis. -- In a move that would create the nation's third-largest food wholesaler and that signals continued consolidation among distributors, Roundy's here and Spartan Stores, Grand Rapids, Mich., have agreed to merge. The combination of...
What's the future of couponing? There are some things to consider, and a lot of "on the other hands." But I have no dramatic conclusions to offer. On the other hand:Efficient Consumer Response will undoubtedly have an effect on coupons. One of the...
Without a lot of fanfare, the limited-assortment store format is on the move.From northeast Texas, where Supervalu is expanding the operations of the limited-assortment stores it acquired earlier this year, to eastern Pennsylvania, the market...