WASHINGTON -- Leaders of several food industry associations presented Congress last week with divergent views on the need to create a single federal agency to oversee food safety.Tim Hammonds, president and chief...
WEST BERLIN, N.J. -- The union representing 1,400 striking workers at 10 Shop Rite supermarkets in southern New Jersey, supplied by the Wakefern Food Co., Elizabeth, N.J., last week rejected the latest company...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores sent a strong signal last week that its long-running effort to attract new business is bearing little fruit.It also lowered earnings estimates and startled investors by slashing...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Shurfine International, a private-label manufacturer and distributor here, said last week it has signed a letter of intent to merge with Topco Associates, a private-label sales and marketing...
NEW YORK -- Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, last week outlined its plan to "unleash its full potential."Larry Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer, said the company is focusing on five key strategic imperatives...
CHICAGO -- Information Resources Inc. here this month announced it will resume offering Wal-Mart sales data, despite the retailer's decision to stop providing sales information. The InfoScan Advantage service will be...
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Big V Supermarkets, Florida, N.Y., as part of its financial restructuring, is looking into three possible directions: sale of the company, entering a new supply agreement, and also remaining within...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., and Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, last week were preparing for a possible strike by more than 22,000 employees and members of nine local chapters of the United Food and...
The C-store industry is quickly playing catch up and applying the formula that supermarkets have followed for years -- taking costs out of the distribution system.In doing so, C-stores may become an even bigger threat...
MILWAUKEE -- The decision by Fleming, Dallas, to remodel its 10 corporate-owned Sentry Food stores here as warehouse-format Fresh 4 Less units has run into opposition at the grassroots level, local government...
