Linda Purpura

SALT LAKE CITY -- Associated Food Stores here is analyzing the steps needed to bring its underground fuel-storage tanks into compliance with Environmental Protection Agency requirements. The distributor is weighing...

GRUNDY, Va. -- K-VA-T Food Stores here has reduced maintenance costs 15% to 20% this year by replacing individual service contracts for certain equipment, such as slicers and scales, with a fully insured asset...

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- HomeGrocer.com here, a new Internet-based home-shopping and delivery company, will launch its service in early 1998.The company plans to offer almost all the products available in a typical...

MAUMEE, Ohio -- Seaway Food Town here will expand its home-shopping service when it tests on-line ordering via the Internet in Toledo, Ohio, in the first quarter of next year. The supermarket chain currently takes...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hy-Vee Food Stores here plans to upgrade to a new version of its warehouse management system in early 1998, which will allow it to improve yard and dock control and cross docking at its...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Use of an activity-based pay program at three distribution facilities has helped Fleming Cos. here reduce the time its drivers spend at a delivery site, while still maintaining customer-service levels...

Use of clipless coupons is on the upswing, creating new opportunities for retailers to motivate shoppers to come into a specific store for discounts on the products they want to purchase.Retailers such as A&P...

Warehouse training efforts are concentrating on safety because retailers and wholesalers find such programs to be an effective way to avoid costly accidents and injuries that eat at the bottom line.Retailers such as...