ZAANDAM, Netherlands -- The accounting meltdown that has forced Ahold here to reorganize its operations has left shareholders divided, analysts said.While institutional investors are primarily concerned with how the company can reorganize...
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The 47,000-square-foot Zagara's Marketplace, which opened in June 2002, illustrates what can be accomplished when an independent grocer works closely with city planners to improve the community with an enhanced retailing...
This year, retailers and the private-label programs they offered mirrored each other in more ways than one. Three, in fact, was the magic number, as grocers used their store brands to herald self-assigned designations of being a price, value-added...
CHANTILLY, Va. -- Ahold USA here has consolidated the private-label, salty-snack lines at each of its six operating companies into a new unified program.The nationwide rollout means all the operating companies will carry the same salty-snack...
From concession stands at aviation shows to contests involving car giveaways, a variety of events will draw attention to private-label, national-brand, specialty and regional beverages this summer, according to retailers polled by SN.Take Safeway...
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets has become the latest supermarket chain to test co-branded Toy Box sections in partnership with Toys R Us, Paramus, N.J. Six stores in western New York and northeast Ohio are now testing the concept...
From P&G to P-O-PCINCINNATI -- William Smith, manager of in-store presence at Procter & Gamble Co.'s Snacks/Beverages Global Business Unit, is the first person from a brand marketer, rather than a supplier, to be board chairman of Point of...
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- Food retailer and distributor C&S Wholesale Grocers here last week appeared to be positioning itself for future growth by reorganizing its operations under a holding company and agreeing to take over the grocery distribution...
FOOD STORES' 2001 SHARE OF FILM PROCESSING FLATmarket share for film processing remained virtually flat in 2001, dipping from 12.4% to 12.3% during the period from January 2001 to January 2002, according to results from a recent processing survey...