Penny Curtiss Baking Co. is laying off 26 seasonal and 28 full-time employees between Aug. 24 and Sept. 8 as it winds down its contract to supply fresh bakery goods to Aldi grocery stores, the company said in a statement yesterday.
Roanoke's newest supermarket is one of Richmond's oldest. Ukrop's Super Markets, a Richmond, Va., fixture for 70 years, moved 200 miles west at the end of June to open its first store in Roanoke, which has become, right off the bat, one of the...
27 PETER BRABECK-LETMATHE Chairman and CEO, Nestl S.A. KEY DEVELOPMENTS: Moved into the No. 2 health care nutrition market spot. WHAT'S NEXT: Become the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. It seems there is something in the...
Fried chicken wings displayed on end in a vase of rice, wedges of cheese rising vertically into the air, cookies on sticks and cupcakes stacked in pretty cups. Such twists in visual landscaping characterized this year's Show & Sell Center at the...
Penny Curtiss Baking Co. has informed its employees that it will phase out the contract baking business it does for retailer Aldi next month. Penny Curtiss is owned by retailer Penn Traffic.
Cigarettes, booze and lottery tickets are far more abundant than healthy, fresh food at most of the stores that sell groceries in metropolitan Detroit, according to a new study which describes the area as a food desert that threatens public health...
The low-carb craze is a distant memory, and bakery departments had a great year in 2006 as shoppers shed their aversion to sweet treats and continued buying up fresh artisan breads. But the cravings may be a little different this time around. Like...
Don't look now, but Winn-Dixie has some momentum. The results went from pretty bad to pretty good, pretty suddenly, Andrew Wolf, an industry analyst with BB&T Capital Markets, Richmond, Va., observed recently. It was as if someone pushed a button...
Wal-Mart here is going with the grain. The world's largest retailer is encouraging customers to shop the bread aisle by broadcasting public service announcements emphasizing that enriched white bread along with leafy greens and orange juice...
