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FOCUS GROUPS HELP STORES FILL GAP
May 02, 1994
CHICAGO -- As supermarkets face new consumer shopping patterns and a wider array of competition, some are putting things in focus with focus groups."Focus groups are helping to give supermarkets insight on specific...
SUPERVALU PROFIT HITS QUARTER; YEAR HIGHS
Apr 18, 1994
MINNEAPOLIS -- Fueled by its 1992 acquisition of Wetterau, Supervalu reported record earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended Feb. 26.Sales fell 4.3% in the quarter and rose 26.8% for the year.In the fourth...
FRED MEYER'S FOOD FOCUS
Apr 18, 1994
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Meyer Inc. here is on the fast track with food expansion.The 126-unit Northwest giant, which sells everything from television sets to auto supplies in its huge food-nonfood, multidepartment...
DELIVERING THE MESSAGE
Apr 18, 1994
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Now that Fred Meyer Inc. has fine-tuned its food merchandising and charted an expansion path, the chain will have to get its message out to consumers.The task is most difficult in Utah, the only one...
NON-STOP LOGISTICS: ALLY OR ADVERSARY?
Mar 07, 1994
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Why is a 77-year-old, $2.1 billion wholesaler like Spartan Stores here so worried about the fledgling third-party distributor Non-Stop Logistics?To hear Spartan President and Chief Executive...
SPARTAN ALTERS ITS COURSE
Mar 07, 1994
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores' Patrick Quinn is watching the rise of what might be called the alternative format wholesaler -- and he knows it means a new day for Spartan and other conventional wholesalers.He...
INDUSTRY LEADERS SEE ECR MOVING INTO GEAR
Jan 24, 1994
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The Efficient Consumer Response initiative kicked into higher gear last week as industry leaders gathered here to begin sharing pilot results and making how-to-implement recommendations.On topics...
FLEMING STEPS UP ITS EXPORT THRUST
Jan 17, 1994
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Fleming Cos. here is shifting its export venture into high gear.The giant U.S. wholesale-retail company could triple its export volume within the next two or three years and has targeted a wide range...
SUPERVALU TO SHUT UNIT IN INDIANA
Jan 17, 1994
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu last week said it will close its Bloomington, Ind., wholesale food division early this spring. The move is part of Supervalu's consolidation of facilities since its acquisition of St. Louis...