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FLORIDA STORES BATTENED DOWN FOR GEORGES
Sep 28, 1998
MIAMI (FNS) -- Retailers here, and throughout central and south Florida, braced for Hurricane Georges last week after it caused widespread damage in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.Florida operators were...
HURRICANE SEASON CHALLENGES RETAILERS
Sep 07, 1998
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (FNS) -- Even as retailers and residents here and along the North Carolina and Virginia coasts cleaned up from Hurricane Bonnie, operators in other parts of the United States faced challenges...
POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS
Sep 07, 1998
Supermarkets, particularly those with pharmacies, are adding more products for at-home testing for diabetes, cholesterol, pregnancy and other medical conditions.Last year alone, the category's volume swelled 21% to ...
BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
Sep 07, 1998
APOPKA, Fla. -- Gooding's Supermarkets has elected to grab a bigger share of the food-service market with an innovative move.The 13-unit, upscale chain here, is breaking into the institutional food-service market with...
DELAYING THE DAY
Aug 31, 1998
Despite the fact that the millennium bug has already caused computer glitches in a few distributors' forward-looking systems, some companies are still stuck in the early phases of understanding the year-2000 problem...
ANSWERING THE CRY
Aug 10, 1998
One-stop shopping destinations and an expanded selection of discounted private-label items are two ways supermarkets are fiercely competing with mass merchandisers in the baby category.SN recently visited five...
UPGRADING DOWN HOME
Aug 10, 1998
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. -- An independent retailer in this upscale resort town has discovered that it pays to play up its fresh meals, even if it means investing in costly renovations.Mike Schiavoni, president of Schiavoni's...
PUBLIX, GROUP OF DISABLED IN TALKS ON ACCESS
Aug 03, 1998
MIAMI -- (FNS) A group of disabled persons here is pressing Publix Super Markets to disclose its plans for ensuring access by disabled shoppers in current and future stores. The American Association for the Disabled...
DEAL SOUGHT IN INGLES SEX BIAS LITIGATION
Aug 03, 1998
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- (FNS) Ingles here is exploring the possibility of a settlement in a sex bias suit brought against the chain by four current and four former female employees.A federal judge issued a litigation...
CHAINS CASTING A WARY EYE ON TABLOIDS
Jul 27, 1998
Some supermarket chains have taken a stand against tabloid publications that sensationalize shocking events like the death of Princess Diana and the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey.Gooding's Supermarkets, a 13-store...
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