TORONTO -- Loblaw Cos. here said earlier this month it is testing a dollar store concept within two store formats.During a conference call with investment analysts to discuss results for the fourth quarter and year...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Tom Zaucha is upbeat about where independent supermarkets are today and even more optimistic about where they are headed in the future.The president and chief executive officer of the National...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Wild Oats Markets here said last week that sales at the new prototype store it introduced April 2002 in Long Beach, Calif., continues to exceed expectations.The company said the 26,000...
In this very tough economic environment, how can independent operators survive -- and even flourish?That's the question SN posed to industry insiders and observers, and their responses were generally hopeful, a view...
DALLAS -- Fleming here said last week it was not caught off guard by the announcement that its largest customer, Kmart Corp., Troy, Mich., would make another round of store closings.Several hours before Kmart...
NEW YORK -- Counsel for the 4 million U.S. merchants pursuing a class-action lawsuit alleging anti-trust violations by the nation's two largest credit-card companies earlier this month presented arguments for summary...
Retailers looking to have their spirits cheered -- and sales figures lifted -- by the holiday season just passed are likely to be still waiting for Santa, according to preliminary results and surveys.Among the gloomy...
Finding ways to adapt to the current economic environment is Topic A on the minds of top industry executives as they contemplate their prospects for 2003.While some executives told SN they expect the economy to...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, than Steve Burd recently paid Wal-Mart Stores a very large compliment.The chairman, president and chief executive officer of Safeway...
Visionaries are presented in alphabetical order by section in SN. For details on how they were chosen, see Page 3.Robert O. AdersBrought his mediation skills to help unify and lead the Food Marketing InstituteThe late...
