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CHICAGO -- Store brands gaining on nationally branded grocery items?That notion is "dead wrong," according to C. Manly Molpus, president and chief executive officer of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, which launched a vigorous defense of...
GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has acquired the former Leedmark hypermarket here and will use two-thirds of the space for a Wal-Mart discount store.in a 65,000-square-foot section of the building. Wal-Mart will use about...
ATLANTA -- The arrival of a supercenter doesn't have to mean a death knell for the independent supermarket.Speakers at the National Grocers Association's annual convention here last week outlined a prescription that independents can use to...
The Efficient Consumer Response initiative took center stage last month. The Food Marketing Institute, the key force behind ECR, had the right audience, at the right place, at the right time. At FMI's annual Midwinter Executive Conference in Boca...
ATLANTA -- Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits, based here, has opened a restaurant in a 24-hour Wal-Mart Hypermart in Topeka, Kansas, marking the chicken franchise's second venture into a Wal-Mart store.lack from the first week in the Wal...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wal-Mart is testing a beauty boutique concept at two stores here to capture greater incremental sales of high-margin products in the cosmetic and fragrance categories.Although Wal-Mart refused to comment on the test, industry...
During all the excitement earlier this month with earthquakes, profoundly cold weather and, of course, the big meeting of executives in Boca Raton, Fla., one of the more significant industry developments to come along in a while may have passed...
HARRISON, Ark. -- A goal of McKesson Service Merchandising division here is to leverage its buying clout in nonfood and better allocate trading funds to retailers on a regional basis.Newly appointed MSM President Bob Sigel told SN the company may...
Carr Gottstein to Buy SupplierGottstein Foods here said last week it had agreed to acquire Yukon Express Services, an institutional food-service supplier, for an undisclosed amount of cash.Yukon, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, has annual sales of...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- H.G. Hill Stores here has slashed margins in health and beauty care to lure a steadier stream of traffic to the department at its 14 stores.The chain also cut its HBC margins several months ago, by 5%, in a move to draw more...