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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets is doing more than just whistling "Dixie" as it continues its march north from Florida.The giant chain, which spent its first 62 years becoming a dominant factor in the Sunshine State, is bursting out of its...
A couple of SN editors had a chance last month to attend a conference in New York that attracted a number of the very topmost executives in food retailing.At the two-day conference, sponsored by Wall Street firm Lehman Bros., executives of...
CINCINNATI -- The Atlanta division of Kroger Co. has put a Chick-Fil-A unit in one of its stores in a suburb of Augusta, Ga.Kroger, based here, also is considering adding units of the Atlanta-based fast-food chicken sandwich chain to some seven or...
Rice Names Admire Deli-Bakery Directorhas named Don Admire director of deli-bakery operations, a new position. He reports to Dick Bergman, vice president of merchandising and operations.Admire is responsible for deli and bakery merchandising and...
Senior VP Appointed at Kroger headquartered here, has named Michael Heschel to the new position of senior vice president of information systems and services.Most recently, Heschel was group vice president of information systems and services.In his...
It's a new game. The contest for consumer loyalty is getting tougher and more complicated. It's pitting not only supermarket chain against chain, and consumer brand against brand, but also national brand names against the retailers' own names.Now...
ATLANTA -- Kroger Co.'s division here is satisfied with the results of the 96,000-square-foot megastore it opened in Alpharetta, Ga., even if it isn't likely to clone the store in other locations.The huge store, which some observers consider a...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here is rolling out a $2.3 million satellite network to link its 100 stores in the Northeast.The network will simplify communications among stores by putting them all under one network and save the retailer an...
Micromerchandising is entering a new era of high technology and even higher efficiency.With retailers increasingly able to tap into their own advanced point-of-sale data bases and then turn to third-party firms to supply critical information and...
With an eye toward reducing injuries caused by repetitive motion and stretching by employees, a growing number of retailers are installing ergonomically improved equipment at the checkout.The enhanced checkstand equipment is being installed...