AUSTIN, Texas -- Facing increasing competition for natural, organic and gourmet food shoppers, Whole Foods Market hopes to reaccelerate its growth by expanding services and optimizing market penetration with smaller-format stores, among other...
BOULDER, Colo. -- Wild Oats Markets here, which is searching for both a new chief executive officer and a new chief financial officer, may not wait until hiring the former if a good candidate come along for the latter, a spokeswoman for the chain...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here said yesterday that Robert Doyle has been promoted to the position of vice president of warehousing and W. Thomas Bird has been promoted to vice president of transportation, essentially swapping...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- John Rice, president of Americas Unilever and one of SN's Power 50 executives for 2006, has decided to retire from Unilever after 25 years of service. Rice, who will step down in March 2007, will be replaced by Michael Polk.
NEW YORK -- The National Association of the Specialty Food Trade here will no longer co-locate its Spring Fancy Food Show with the Food Marketing Institute Show in Chicago after 2007, according to Tim Hammonds, president and chief executive...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie here said it has added 55 stores to its Hispanic Neighborhood Merchandising program, including 30 in the Miami market and 25 in the Orlando area.
COMMERCE, Calif. Stater Bros. Markets has joined a growing number of supermarket operators around the country who have introduced reusable shopping totes to replace plastic and paper bags.
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Food Marketing Institute here said Wednesday that its annual trade show would move from to Chicago to Las Vegas in 2008, and would begin an alternating year rotation with an education-focused forum beginning in 2009 in Dallas.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Mark Goodman, executive vice president of marketing, membership and e-commerce at Sam's Club here, has left the Wal-Mart-owned chain "to pursue other interests," a Wal-Mart spokeswoman told SN.