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Wal-Mart remains a key benchmark of the competitive pressures retailers face today. The aggressive discounter offers low prices and careful selection on a wide range of products.art and at competing supermarkets. The survey revealed that the tooth...
Food distribution companies in many sections of the country should benefit from improvements in the economy, and from a return of modest inflation during the second half of 1994, according to securities analysts interviewed by SN.But they also...
In the 1960s when I was studying arcane subjects such as industrial engineering and operations research, we spent a great deal of time on EOQ, short for Economic Order Quantity. The primary purpose was to figure out how to minimize the cost of...
CHICAGO -- National brands and store brands will share store shelves in the future, according to a panel of speakers at the Promotion Marketing Association of America's annual Update conference here. It is only the proportions that are in question...
BRYANT, Ark. -- Foster's Foods here is making changes in its deli department to gain a competitive edge against other retailers as well as fast-food outlets.The independent is increasing space for the deli by a third, adding a second fryer to be...
ATLANTA -- Kroger Co.'s Atlanta division believes its private-label products are as good as any national brand's, and is making consumers an unusual offer to prove it.The chain has instituted a private satisfaction guarantee program, called the ...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here last week reported better-than-expected earnings and cash flow for the first quarter. It marked the second consecutive quarter Kroger, the nation's largest supermarket operator, significantly exceeded Wall Street's...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Electronic data interchange is a lot more than just a buzzword at Kroger Co.It is credited with saving the chain millions of dollars in operating expenses, according to Dan Andrew, manager of corporate financial and EDI...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets this month is completing the rollout of expanded toy sections and upscale kitchen gadgets in 50 to 60 stores of the 81-unit chain.The retailer is merchandising a larger toy variety and establishing...