PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here has mastered the art of the fast and smooth transition, said industry analysts."Every acquisition they've made, they've done better and faster than the previous one," said Gary...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here may have been looking to buy respect when it said in August it had worked out a deal to purchase Hannaford Bros., Scarborough, Maine, for $3.6 billion."For many years the markets have...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's here acquired a major challenge in June when it closed its deal to merge with American Stores Co., Salt Lake City: How to integrate the operations of these two large and far-flung chains...
ATLANTA -- Ahold, the global retailer based in Zaandam, Netherlands, is the sort of company that does acquisitions so well it makes them look easy, industry analysts agreed."They're getting better and better at...
COLTON, Calif. -- Stater Bros. Markets here is leaving home.The company that has long referred to its base as the "Inland Empire," a realm centered in San Bernardino and Riverside counties just east of Los Angeles...
MAHWAH, N.J. -- J. Wayne Harris, chairman and chief executive officer of Grand Union Co., Wayne, N.J., told the company's annual shareholders' meeting at a hotel here last week that Grand Union is expanding its...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Dayton Hudson here said last week it plans to open 15 SuperTarget stores next year, five more than it had previously planned, according to a published report.A company spokeswoman declined to confirm or...
The seemingly unstoppable march toward consolidation in the supermarket industry has generally been greeted with glee by investors.In executive offices, however, news of the latest merger is more likely to provoke...
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 588 here said last week it has concluded a collective bargaining agreement with Ralphs Grocery Co., Compton, Calif., that covers workers at 30...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said last week it will continue its ambitious pace of expansion over the next 18 months.The country's largest chain of natural-food supermarkets has already opened 10 units...