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...
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...
CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here said operating earnings increased 25.7% in the fourth quarter, which exceeded Wall Street's expectations and helped boost Kroger's stock above $24 per share for the first time in a year.Operating earnings, or earnings...
Borstein Resigns From RiserRiser Foods here said Michael L. Borstein has resigned as executive vice president of the corporation and president of its American Seaway Foods subsidiary.No full-time successor has been named to the position at...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu has developed a prototype for corporate Cub Foods locations based on results from an experimental store opened more than two years ago.That experimental store was opened in late 1991 in Apple Valley, Minn.The prototype...
HOUSTON -- Albertson's will build an undetermined number of stores on the Houston periphery in 1994 and then formally enter this market in 1995, according to industry observers.Although officials of the Boise, Idaho-based chain declined comment...
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...
NEW YORK -- Cub Foods is already getting positive results from the first phase of a reset of all food and nonfood categories using computerized shelf-space management. The program, which began in the spring of last year, involves only the 55...
Pet food is becoming a classic case of a supermarket category under attack by specialized retailers.And as a result, sales and margins are in danger of going to the dogs.Chains are now fighting back to head off the inroads being made by...