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SAN ANTONIO -- A lawsuit filed by 13 independent food brokers against Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, and its in-house private-label broker has been scheduled to go to trial April 1 in Federal Court here.as and Wisconsin to pursue legal action against...
In the Sept. 18 issue of SN, a story on category management at Giant Food, Landover, Md., incorrectly described Dave Herriman's full job responsibilities. In addition to being appointed category operations coordinator, a new position, Herriman has...
CHICAGO -- When Minneapolis-based cooperative Fairway Foods and two of its retail members put their meat departments under the microscope earlier this year, they found a pricing system so full of holes that profit dollars were pouring out by the...
A move to consolidate magazine distribution within major chains is spreading with shocking speed throughout the supermarket industry. In September several divisions of Safeway, Oakland, Calif., were first to reduce the number of periodical...
There's an obvious connection between good nutrition and good health. In the supermarket, the connection between food and pharmacy departments is now becoming obvious, too.Indeed, some executives view integrating these departments as key to...
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...