MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. here said last week it plans to increase the private-label penetration of food in its SuperTarget units, and feature food more prominently in its new and remodeled regular Target stores...
LOS ANGELES -- Supermarket labor disputes around the country remained tense last week as the United Food and Commercial Workers Union here threatened to step up the pressure on Safeway, Vons and Albertsons.One bright...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Fresh Brands here said last week it earned a lot of gratitude earlier this year from retailers who turned to it as a secondary distributor in the wake of the unraveling of their primary supplier...
As the strikes and lockouts in Southern California, St. Louis, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky continue, with no negotiations in progress in any of the three labor disputes, more labor strife is looming in Phoenix...
ABINGDON, Va. -- NASCAR racing and community service, longtime interests of K-VA-T Stores here, will become even more closely linked next month, when K-VA-T, operator of 86 Food City supermarkets in Kentucky, Virginia...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores here said last week retail and distribution sales grew for the second consecutive quarter, and the company also said it had its first operating profit in a year.During a...
ST. LOUIS -- Observers of the labor scene here told SN the supermarket work stoppage, which began last week at this metro area's three largest supermarket chains, promises to be a long one.The work stoppage here began...
Labor tensions are mounting in various parts of the country, with a contract vote scheduled this week in Southern California and a strike vote scheduled in St. Louis, while in Milwaukee negotiations continued late...
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- C&S Wholesale Grocers here took steps last week to consolidate the New England businesses it acquired earlier this month in its asset exchange with Supervalu, Minneapolis.C&S said it would form a...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- There has long been widespread agreement among supermarket industry insiders that the California workers' compensation insurance system was broken.The question now is whether the law passed by...
