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Ahold, the Dutch-American food retailer, is continuing its march up and down the Eastern seaboard of the United States, a process that is being greatly accelerated by its planned buyout of Stop & Shop Cos., Quincy, Mass.The latest acquisition deal...
Smitty's Supermarkets, Phoenix, plans to lay off nearly all of its 170 administrative employees and close its headquarters by July 31 as part of its merger with Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Salt Lake City. Observers said some of the staff may be...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Van Den Bergh Foods has embarked on its first effort at a broker-managed continuous replenishment program in this market.Working with food broker DeRose Marketing here, Van Den Bergh went live with an unnamed local grocery chain...
NEW YORK -- Supermarkets again placed high on a list of the top rental retailers in the country, but there were significant changes in the rankings. Twenty-three supermarket chains were on the listing of the Top 96 rental chains printed in the...
Blistex Buys Two Bayer Brandsonsumer Care Division of the Bayer Corp. here has sold two of its brands -- Stri-Dex and Dairy Ease -- to Blistex, Oak Brook, Ill.Stri-Dex is an acne treatment line and Dairy Ease is a food supplement designed to aid...
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Waldbaum's here, a division of A&P, Montvale, N.J., has introduced store-made pizza in the deli.ur pizzas with this message superimposed on the photos: "Introducing store-made pizza. Only the freshest ingredients used on our...
CHICAGO -- Having documented substantial savings and benefits from electronic direct-store-delivery receiving, Giant Food, Landover, Md., is adding more suppliers and testing new initiatives such as pay on scan.The 169-store chain expects five to...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Meat Institute here announced this year's International Meat Merchandising Workshop will be held May 8 and 9 at the Chicago Hilton and Towers, immediately following the Washington-based Food Marketing Institute's...
News & SolutionsManaging Rapid ChangeRetail information systems executives are feeling the pressure on all fronts as rapidly changing technology gives rise to new expectations from all corners of the organization.Thorough analysis of all options...
The canned meat and seafood category seems to be caught in a net. Now it's up to grocers to determine whether it's worth the effort to lift the net and perhaps reel in some increased sales.Some are choosing to do just that, particularly now during...