PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- The nearly three-year effort of London-based retailer Marks & Spencer to sell its 28-store Kings Super Markets chain here may soon end if Gristede's Foods, New York, is able to raise the agreed...
NEW YORK -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 in the New York borough of Queens said last week it reached preliminary agreement on a four-year contract with Pathmark Stores, Carteret, N.J.As...
CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here said last week the sluggish economy and heightened competition had resulted in flat sales and declining comps for the 13-week first quarter ended May 4.During a conference call...
A majority of consumer packaged goods manufacturers are considering alterations in their vendor allowance programs in the wake of changes in accounting rules, but those reconsiderations do not appear to have resulted...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Genuardi's Family Markets here said last week workers in the meat and seafood department at its Barnegat, N.J., store will have an opportunity to vote Wednesday on whether to be represented by the...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here said last week it would spend $1 billion over the next three years for new stores and remodels -- including a rollout of its dual-branded, combination-store format -- in Southern...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said it has discovered an as-yet unstoppable growth formula: build more and larger stores and consumers will come shop in them.John Mackey, Whole Foods' chairman, president and...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said the company's first international effort, a 40,000-foot-store that opened earlier this month in Toronto, is likely to be followed up by other units even farther from home...
DALLAS -- Fleming here said last week it is closing its full-line Oklahoma City distribution center and its general merchandise distribution center in Dallas, and consolidating their operations into the Tulsa, Okla....
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here said it plans to open several urban supercenters, including stores in Dallas and New Orleans.The company late last month unveiled plans for a two-story, 200,000-square-foot...