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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union hopes to boost its membership to 3 million over the next decade more than double its current 1.3 million members Joe Hansen, president, told the UFCW convention in Montreal last month. The...
The new logos at Stop & Shop and Giant of Landover, Md., represent the beginning of a rebirth for the two banners, marketing executives at the chains said last week. We feel like we've done enough to begin to make the change, but had this been all...
SimonDelivers, the online grocer that abruptly went out of business last month, has been acquired by retailer Coborn's Inc. in St. Cloud, Minn. Coborn's last week said it would rebrand the service as CobornsDelivers and resume service in October...
The short-term economic outlook for supermarket operators remains bleak, though there may be some reasons for optimism in the longer term, a panel of industry analysts said during SN's 13th annual Financial Analysts' Roundtable. With a combination...
The first four Marketside units Wal-Mart Stores plans to open in the Phoenix area this fall will be located at sites formerly owned by the Eckerd drug store chain, according to local sources. The location pictured is in Mesa, Ariz. Bentonville...
Ahold said yesterday that a reluctance to pass along cost increases to customers contributed to a decline in profitability at the company, which operates the Stop & Shop, Giant of Landover and Giant of Carlisle chains in the U.S.
A&P went 1-for-3 in battles over website domain names for its Food Emporium banner, winning a judgment against the registrant of foodemporium.org, but losing similar arguments against the registrants of foodemporium.com and foodemporium.net...
Consumer products company executives lowered their own companies’ revenue growth targets for the upcoming 12 months to 3.2% in the second quarter, from 5.7% in the prior quarter, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Consumer Products...
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union hopes to boost its membership to 3 million over the next decade — more than double the 1.3-million members it currently has — by going after "every non-union facility in our...