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Save Mart Supermarkets is getting Lucky. The chain will begin later this week to convert the 72 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area that it acquired from Albertsons LLC to the Lucky banner a name to which it negotiated the rights as part of its...
PLEASANTON, Calif. While performance at remodeled lifestyle stores continued to drive sales for Safeway through the first half of the year, the retailer here last week expressed concerns that inflation and shrink in the second half of the year...
21 SIR TERRY LEAHY CEO, Tesco KEY DEVELOPMENTS: Prepared the launch of Tesco's new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets in U.S. Southwest. WHAT'S NEXT: Growing a 300-store chain in a crowded market with entrenched competitors. In a gritty industrial...
40 GARY CHARTRAND Chairman and CEO,Acosta Sales and Marketing Co. KEY DEVELOPMENTS: Fresh food acquisitions, development of the Acosta Center for Excellence. WHAT'S NEXT: Moving into new channels of business; will play an expanded role with...
Kosher offerings are far exceeding the periphery of the Passover Seder plate. As items ranging from Cheerios to M&Ms and Cracker Jack become certified as meeting the requirements of Jewish dietary laws, retailers are catering to a host of shoppers...
SALISBURY, N.C. Food Lion here last week began its Got To Be NC Products promotional campaign as a part of its partnership with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Goodness Grows in North Carolina program. The campaign, which will run...
Imported foods and beverages are doing so well at H.E. Butt Grocery Co. that the retailer plans to test its first international foods aisle. A 72-foot aisle is slated to launch next month in an Austin, Texas, H-E-B store, according to its...
When it comes to beauty care, supermarkets are expected to carry the latest and greatest without confusing shoppers. But the latest in the category has been flanked by two distinct if not contradictory product approaches the natural and the...