JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here reported record sales for the second quarter ended Jan. 10.Overall, sales jumped 12.1% to $3.97 billion for the 16 weeks and 13.1% to $6.9 billion for the 28 weeks. Same...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ruddick Corp. here, parent of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain, reported that net income decreased slightly but sales rose for the first quarter ended Dec. 31.Earnings dropped 2.4% from $8.3...
WAYNE, N.J. -- Grand Union Co. here last week unveiled a major organizational restructuring plan that it says will save the company about $5 million and make it more responsive to the needs of individual stores.The...
MOBILE, Ala. -- Delchamps here reported a comparable-store sales increase of 7% during the second quarter ended Dec. 30, representing the company's third consecutive quarter of such increases.Overall sales increased 6...
PHOENIX -- Five minority shareholders of Abco Foods here filed a lawsuit last week against Fleming Cos., its new owner, alleging that the wholesaler undermined the chain's attempts to become profitable.Fleming, which...
NEW YORK -- It was a merry holiday season for many supermarket operators.Unlike retailers in other channels of trade, food retailers ended the fourth quarter with strong sales gains, supermarket executives told SN...
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Sutton Place Gourmet here will enter the metro New York area next spring.The opening is part of a more ambitious expansion strategy for the specialty retailer, which is "planning to double [it's]...
A number of retailers found 1995 to be a year of transition.Some grappled with debt while others filed for Chapter 11 protection. Management changes went hand in hand with some of the events. And some bounced back...
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Price/Costco here has unveiled its first New York City store and has set plans for other metro-area units here.Analysts called this move to the inner city a bold one for a club operator. Warehouse...
Shoppers weren't the only ones walking in and out of supermarkets' revolving doors. Grocery executives used those doors, some leaving companies they had been with for years.Other executives stepped aside when their...
