MONTGOMERY, N.Y. -- Grand Union Co., Wayne, N.J., is reportedly contemplating selling its 208,000-square-foot nonfood distribution center here to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Brattleboro, Vt. -- a move that would extend C&S' reach to within about 60...
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Waldbaum's, a division of Montvale, N.J.-based A&P here, is pleased with the results from its "summer chicken sale" promotion, according to Alan Utstein, director of deli for the 92-unit division." The promotion centered...
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Early testing of object-oriented programming, an applications design approach that allows for reuse of computer code, has yielded some important lessons for Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla.The 496-store retailer began...
BRISTOL, England (FNS) -- Somerfield here has stepped up a discount pricing campaign, sparking fears of another price war among U.K. food retailers.called Price Check. Most of the other retailers followed suit, putting pressure on margins and...
WASHINGTON -- A bovine somatotropin labeling law that went into effect in Vermont Sept. 12 has the milk industry bracing for negative repercussions on consumption.On Sept. 5, the state's Court of Appeals denied an industry motion for an injunction...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Walt Sumner has brought a touch of Seattle to the Southeast. Sumner, the wine buyer at Seattle's Larry's Markets before joining Harris Teeter here as corporate beer and wine manager in April 1994, has dramatically increased the...
Miller Taps Category Management Directorhas named Jeffrey Schouten to the new position of director of category management.Schouten leads Miller's expanded category management department, which includes the space management, sales analysis and...
A seemingly endless sweltering summer across much of the country spurred many consumers to dive into the supermarket beverage aisle.And sales of bottled waters, iced teas and other new age beverages were especially boiling."Our beverage sales have...