Summertime and the livin' appears much better for food retailers selling alcohol beverages this summer compared with the last few post recession summers. Consumption is up among all three categories at food stores...
Bob McDonald, who is into his third year as head of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co., executes on his global vision — developed and developing countries — and he applies vertical and horizontal vision in expa...
Peter Larkin moved quickly to stamp his signature on the 1,500-member National Grocers Association but not before he listened to independent grocers' voices.
Larkin initiated a nine-month project, titled Membe...
Ric Jurgens would like to make the state of Iowa into a “Blue Zone,” one of the books he has read on his summer reading list.
The book by Dan Buettner — “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the...
Greg Wasson is focused on value.
Wasson, who oversees the direction of the nation's largest drug store chain with sales of $67.4 billion in 2010, applies the principle of value to Walgreens' customer-centric a...
Product orders for the July 4th holiday were planned months out. Now retailers can reap the fruits of their labor or start moving unsold patriotic gear, fireworks, patio sets and summer paraphernalia to the clearance...
SALT LAKE CITY — On June 13 kids will take over the kitchen at Harmons' cooking school here to make whole wheat pizza topped with home-made sauce, chicken and roasted veggies with a salad and gelato with berries...
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — A week into a month-long American-themed promotion that began on May 24, Tops Friendly Markets here is running an integrated summer consumer sales campaign tagged with a charity component.
NEW YORK — Supermarkets have up until now dabbled with retail health clinics in their stores with Kroger and Safeway making an effort with clinics in the grocery environment. With clinic growth projected to...
For supermarkets trying to manage their workers' compensation costs, the good news is that nationally, workplace injuries and illnesses in the private sector continue to fall, and employers' costs are down. However...
