LOS ANGELES -- The seven United Food and Commercial Workers union locals here that are engaged in a labor dispute with Albertsons, Kroger-owned Ralphs and Safeway-owned Vons said last week they began picketing all...
Independent supermarket companies in the U.S. heartland have discovered that their landscape has changed in the past few years.Hundreds of supercenters have arrived to siphon off their share of customers. Food...
By any statistical measure, Target Corp., Minneapolis, the nation's No. 2 discount retailer, is a distant second to Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., which is not just America's but the world's largest retailer.For...
BETHESDA, Md. -- Sutton Place Gourmet here said it was acquired late last month by Mark Ordan, founder of the Fresh Fields natural-foods chain, in association with Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, the private equity arm...
A federal grand jury investigation into the alleged use of illegal immigrants as janitors by contractors hired by Wal-Mart Stores thrusts into the national spotlight an issue that has also bedeviled supermarkets in...
NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club here said last week food was its primary driver of sales and store traffic in the third quarter.During a conference call with industry analysts to discuss results for the quarter...
"Three is the charm," appears to be the hope of major supermarket operators around the country as they look to build sales and recapture market share with heavy promotions.Throughout much of 2003, food retailers from...
WASHINGTON -- Slotting fees for the national introduction of a new product could range from a little under $1 million to more than $2 million, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission released last week...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Fresh Brands here said last week the departure of Elwood Winn, its chief executive officer since 2000 and acting chief financial officer since September, was the result of its board's...
LOS ANGELES -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union here plans to file a suit on behalf of consumers this week charging three chains with restraint-of-trade and federal securities violations for agreeing to...
