WAYNE, N.J. -- A Swiss-based financial institution that provided some of the money that helped Grand Union Co. here emerge from bankruptcy last year is now looking to reconfigure the supermarket company's board of...
With the new millennium just a few days away, supermarket operators are seeking to make final preparations for Y2K while allaying public concerns.The key word is uncertainty.So even as they boost inventories to...
RESTON, Va. -- According to the National Grocers Association here, the supermarket of the future will not just offer shoppers aisles of food and household goods.Instead, it will be a "lifestyle destination center," in...
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Webvan Group here said last week it has chosen the next four market areas it will try to penetrate: Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C.Currently, the on-line grocer's service is...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- A year after opening its first four Neighborhood Markets, all relatively near the company's northwest Arkansas headquarters, Wal-Mart Stores here said it has developed an updated template for the...
SUNBURY, Pa. -- A family disagreement about the future direction of Weis Markets here went public last week in the form of a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.One faction, no longer involved with the day-to...
Food retailers are looking forward to a strong Christmas after a generally unspectacular autumn, according to SN's informal survey of operators across the country.Industry analysts said the retailers optimism about...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 here said its members have voted by an eight-to-one margin to ratify a new five-year contract with Acme Markets, Malvern, Pa.The negotiations...
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Webvan here was last week's Wall Street darling, with its initial public offering giving quick profits to early investors.But some supermarket industry analysts expressed skepticism about the...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here last week entered the click-and-mortar world of e-retailing with the opening in Bellevue, Wash., a Seattle suburb, of its first Albertsons.com Store and Fulfillment Site.Equity...