SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion here last week said it would debut a new retail banner this month that will focus on prepared foods and a "simplified shopping experience."The first of the stores, to be called "Bloom, a...
NEW YORK -- Rising gas prices are a major cause of concern for Wal-Mart Stores, according to Jay Fitzsimmons, senior vice president of finance for the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer."Gas prices are a real issue," he...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Women have taken the wrong approach in their effort to gain equality with men in the corporate world, according to a speaker at the Western Michigan University Food Marketing Conference here.Janet...
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway here plans to bring its new prototype to 16 locations in the Baltimore-Washington market in the next year, a spokesman for the company told SN last week.The new prototype, which features...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Nash Finch here said last week that its Avanza format targeting Hispanics has been losing a lot of money in Chicago, and the company will not invest further in the concept until it restores the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger here last week signed a comprehensive workers' compensation reform bill that should "greatly reduce costs for employers" in the state, according to the California...
BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons here said it would sell four stores in the New Orleans area to A&P, Montvale, N.J., for an undisclosed sum and that it was in talks to sell its remaining three stores in the market.A&P...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here said in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will open even more supercenters this year than it previously said it would, while it will cut back...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here said in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will open even more supercenters this year than it previously said it would, while it will cut back...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Houchens Industries here moved to further diversify its portfolio of holdings last week with the planned acquisition of Food Giant Supermarkets, Sikeston, Mo., which operates 90 conventional...