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NEW ORLEANS -- Schnuck Markets, St. Louis, pared back inventory by 75% and saw product turns increase eightfold in one category after moving to continuous replenishment.Those are among the latest results of what Craig Schnuck, chairman and chief...
The Joint Industry ECR Operating Committee, charged with setting priorities and executing project initiatives, is heading into a new era of Efficient Consumer Response with a full slate of programs.It also is moving forward with a revised...
BERLIN -- Tesco will move forward with plans to expand its Metro small-store format in London and other areas in the United Kingdom. The move will help Tesco's markets at a time when U.K. planning boards are making it increasingly difficult for...
NEW YORK -- Owen Hartley, 44, an award-winning senior vice president and design director of Fairchild Publications, of which Supermarket News is a unit, died last week in Indian Wells, Calif. He died of complications arising from AIDS, according...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harris Teeter here is expanding its customer service "call box" program to four more stores this month and 10 more locations next year.The call box paging system, which enables shoppers to summon store employees for assistance...
Del Monte Sales VP Moves Onike Pereira has left his position as vice president of sales and marketing for Del Monte Fresh Produce here to pursue other business interests.He was with Del Monte Fresh for eight years.The company said a replacement...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 951 here said it has extended its contract with locally based Meijer Inc. through Oct. 14, after members rejected an offer on a new agreement recommended by the union.30,000...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here has revamped the packaging for its Pet Pride dog food and Cat's Choice cat food to give the brands a more upscale image.Kroger was rolling out the redesigned canned food items as of late September, according to...