WESTBURY, N.Y. -- King Kullen Grocery Co. officials will meet with union representatives tomorrow in hopes of settling a seven-week strike against the chain by Teamsters Local 282.King Kullen here said it will...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- IGA is helping its licensed retailers build a bridge to the next generation of food shoppers with a new loyalty club for kids.Officials from Chicago-based IGA announced the "IGA Hometown Kids" program...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here has decided to accept the reduced amount of punitive damages in its lawsuit against ABC -- $315,000 -- rather than go back to trial.In court papers, Food Lion said its decision "is...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn Traffic here said last week it lowered prices on thousands of items at its 262 corporate stores as part of a sweeping new program to win back customers and to reverse a slide in same-store sales...
CHICAGO -- In the food retailing industry, there's no such thing as one-size-fits-all. That's especially true for IGA here, the world's largest voluntary supermarket network. With licensed supermarkets in all 50...
NEW YORK -- Whole Foods Market said it will use its newly acquired nutraceuticals producer, Amrion, to launch a line of private-label nutritional supplements.Peter Roy, president of the Austin, Texas-based chain, said...
This week may be remembered as a milestone in labor relations for the food industry.Six United Food and Commercial Workers Union locals in northern California -- representing about 25,000 workers -- are expected to...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here -- along with Procter & Gamble and nine other manufacturers -- agreed last week to pay a total of $4.2 million to settle charges that they conspired to remove cents-off...
WESTBURY, N.Y. -- Workers at King Kullen's grocery warehouse here went on strike last week after rejecting the company's offer of $1.5 million in severance pay to be divided among 112 Teamsters whose jobs will be...
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here claimed victory last week in its lawsuit against ABC even though the judge in the case reduced the amount of punitive damages the network must pay from $5.5 million to $315,000.In a...
