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Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday it plans to increase its investment in store remodelings over the next two years — with plans to remodel all U.S. stores over the next five years — while decreasing spending on new stores and reducing the...
Whether it's a better deal, more convenience or improved customer service, today's consumers all seem to be expecting something more from both their food and their shopping experience. For the independent food co-ops, building a community of...
Raley's takes great pride in its stores, and so apparently do customers. Their assessments helped make Raley's the best supermarket in the U.S. in three successive Consumer Reports surveys in 1997, 2000 and 2003. And when they changed the...
FOR 24 NORTH AMERICAN FOOD RETAILERS TRACKED BY SN, AT THE CLOSE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22, 2008 MARKET SUMMARY gainers 15 losers 9 unchanged 0 MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME Wal-Mart 134,902,090 Target 70,002,959 Kroger 40,831,362 AS PERCENTAGE OF SHARES...
Newly opened outposts of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's herald the beginning of a new era in food shopping in this growing metropolitan area and signal another challenge for Ukrop's Super Markets, its longtime local leader. Retailers and other...
Raley's is always looking for new ways to connect with its customers. We're a high-touch operation, Bill Coyne, president and chief executive officer of the 132-store chain, based in West Sacramento, Calif., told SN. One thing that makes Raley's...
The financial crisis on Wall Street is creating major behavioral changes on Main Street that are evident in the way consumers are shopping at Wal-Mart, Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart U.S., said last week...
Not only does Raley's try to differentiate its stores, it also tries to differentiate its employees, whom it refers to internally as colleagues. Four years ago I began wondering what we could do to leverage the great asset our colleagues represent...
Nearly 800 union workers at 13 Maxi stores in Quebec called a strike last week, citing a lack of progress in contract negotiations with Maxi's parent company, Loblaw. The walk-off, called last Wednesday by United Food and Commercial Workers Local...