KEASBEY, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp. here, which operates the ShopRite cooperative, last week reported total combined retail sales of $11.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended Oct. 3, 2009, an increase of about 10.4% over year-ago levels.
A 70,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket has opened in the Christina Riverfront district here marking the area’s first major food retailer, Kenney Family ShopRites, operator of the new store, said Tuesday.
Ukrop’s Super Markets will close one of its two stores in Williamsburg, Va., by the end of the month, the company said Tuesday.
Spartan Stores yesterday said it has completed the acquisition of the 17-unit VG's Food & Pharmacy chain, which is the wholesaler's largest customer.
Services are planned this Saturday for Donald G. Scott, the founder of the Scott's Food Stores chain, who died Sunday at age 91, according to reports.
Wal-Mart Stores has joined the Russian retail association and is eying acquisition opportunities in the country, according to reports yesterday.
The U.S. District Court in San Francisco has ruled that Albertsons retained the rights to use the Lucky store banner even though it had removed it from its stores.
Supervalu has signed a short-term lease for 28,000 square feet of cold storage space in Hopkins, Minn., a spokeswoman for the company confirmed to SN last week.