Nash Finch Appoints Directorger was named director of general merchandise at Nash Finch here. He had worked for a local drug chain in the area. He now reports to Chuck Ramsbacher, vice president of marketing. Roettger succeeds Ken Nemeth, who left...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Sam's Club here is reportedly demanding up-front cash payments from suppliers in exchange for the suppliers' rights to continue distributing products to the Pace Membership Warehouse units it acquired last November.The...

The private-label industry is in the midst of its first National Store Brands Awareness Month, with a relatively small number of initial retail participants but a potentially promising future.The promotion is aimed at turning around consumer...

MOSCOW -- Supervalu is moving up in Russian retailing circles.Minneapolis-based Supervalu, the largest grocery wholesaler in the United States, has been supplying groceries to LUX Market here since mid-1992. Now its fame has spread south to...

Vons Inner-City Unit Is Openeds., Arcadia, Calif., opened an inner-city store here last week as part of its $100 million commitment to build stores in understored urban areas.The 45,000-square-foot conventional supermarket is the first of a...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu last week said it will close its Bloomington, Ind., wholesale food division early this spring. The move is part of Supervalu's consolidation of facilities since its acquisition of St. Louis-based Wetterau in October 1982...

Super Kmart Taps Merchandisert Centers here has named Nick Kallas deli merchandiser for its newly formed Illinois district.In the food business for 30 years, Kallas was most recently perishables sales coordinator at Associated Grocers, Baton Rouge...

HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Ted Wetterau has retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Supervalu's Wetterau unit based here and as vice chairman of Supervalu.Larry Anderson, vice chairman of Wetterau, will continue to head that unit. Ted Wetterau's...

WESTBURY, N.Y. - Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., has halted the development of a Sam's Club and Wal-Mart store here on Long Island.Company spokesman Trey Baker said construction costs for the combination site were "just too high, so we...