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Nash Finch on Monday said it has completed the previously announced acquisition of three distribution centers from GSC Enterprises, a food distributor based in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Al Plamann, president and chief executive officer of Unified Grocers, is scheduled to receive the 2009 Best Friend Award on April 6 from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.
When Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., begins opening its joint-venture stores in Punjab, India, later this year, they will be cash-and-carry wholesale membership stores for businesses only and will operate under the name BestPrice Modern...
KROGER URGES REJECTION OF OFFER CINCINNATI Kroger Co. last week urged its investors to reject a offer from a Canadian investment company. In a statement, Kroger said it had been notified of an unsolicited offer by TRC Capital to purchase up to 3...
A full-page ad in the Washington Post late last month welcomed the capital's newest residents, including President Obama and his family, offering congratulations and a new place to shop. For Giant-Landover, and its veteran spokesman Barry Scher...
The massive ice storm that swept through the country's midsection last week left millions of people without power and forced some retailers to shutter stores in several areas, at least temporarily. It's been absolutely devastating here in northern...
Whole Foods Market last week offered to settle the government's antitrust investigation of its 2007 acquisition of Wild Oats Markets. The terms of the company's proposal to the Federal Trade Commission were not disclosed. The FTC suspended its...
National Retail Federation last week said it projects a 0.5% decline in retail sales for 2009, noting that consumer spending could increase in the second half of the year as a result of a massive, government-sponsored economic stimulus program...
Harris Teeter is feeling the chill of the slowing economy. Shoppers made fewer discretionary purchases and traded down to lower-priced store-brand items, leading to a 2.1% decline in comparable-store sales during the fiscal first quarter, which...