MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week it plans to sell about 30 stores and eliminate 10% of its work force positions to help cover the costs of implementing its Supervalu Advantage project. Announced in...
WAYNE, N.J. -- Following a downturn in sales and operating cash flow, Grand Union Co. said last week it will close or sell up to about 25 underperforming units by April 1.The company will also restructure its debt by...
LOS ANGELES -- Yucaipa Cos. here has acquired three former Megafoods stores in southern California for its Food 4 Less warehouse operation and has expressed an interest in acquiring the balance of the Megafoods chain...
QUINCY, Mass. -- As Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. here attempts to expand from New England into the New York metropolitan area, it is encountering community opposition in at least two locales. Objections are being...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Food Brokers Association is celebrating its 90th anniversary, but it has little time to look back. Although the Reston, Va.-based association will honor its past a bit when it meets here...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Associated Food Stores here has agreed to purchase a nonfood distribution center in Payson, Utah, from Buttrey Food & Drug Co., Great Falls, Mont., in a deal valued at $10 million. Associated will...
Natural food stores -- those purveyors of everything from organic produce to natural cereals to preservative-free dry groceries -- may present more opportunity than direct competitive challenge to conventional...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Harold B. Finch Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Nash Finch Co. here -- known affectionately to his friends as "Shorty" -- has died following injuries suffered in an automobile accident...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Kash n' Karry Food Stores here filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 petition last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware following approval of the company's reorganization plan by its...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Carr Gottstein Foods Co. here reported increased sales for the third quarter and nine months ended Oct. 2.It also reported positive earnings for the 13-week quarter and the year to date, compared...