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Pro's Ranch Markets is on the move. With the opening of its first Texas store in late September, owner Mike Provenzano is contemplating a rapid expansion of his Hispanic-oriented chain, with plans to expand to New Mexico early next year with a...
Club stores have built a reputation for introducing have-to-have items to shoppers who never even dreamed they existed. Now, with inflated gourmet selections and more vast international aisles, mainstream retailers are entering the specialty fray...
Tesco, which plans to start opening Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market stores in western U.S. markets next month, “has no plans at present” to offer U.S. shoppers a loyalty card, according to Martin Hayward, director of consumer strategy...
Despite greater emphasis on fresh foods, the Center Store remains the economic engine that drives total store performance, according to the 2007 Total Store SuperStudy report by consulting firm Willard Bishop.
The laundry aisle is in for a big change following Wal-Mart’s announcement yesterday that it plans to sell only concentrated liquid laundry detergents at all of its U.S. stores and Sam’s Clubs by 2008.
An attorney yesterday filed suit against Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart stores, alleging that an 18-year-old woman had contracted E. coli, suffered kidney failure and was hospitalized for three weeks due to eating frozen hamburger patties...
Tesco said yesterday it plans to open 48 Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market locations in Southern California’s Inland Empire over the next two years — 30 in Riverside County and 18 in San Bernardino County.
Whole Foods Market is scheduled to open what it described as a first-of-its-kind “market hall”-format store today, in which shoppers can access all departments in a single loop.