Internet grocer Peapod has joined forces with Chicago-based sustainable communities group Neighbor Capital and food desert researcher Mari Gallagher to look at ways to expand delivery to communities where a dearth of full-service grocery stores makes it difficult to obtain quality fresh food.
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Sunbury, Pa.-based regional independent Weis Markets’ Hanover, Pa., store has earned silver certification from the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary Environmental Protection Agency alliance with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.
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The Kroger Co. yesterday posted an increase of total sales, including fuel, of 7.2 percent to $18.6 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 ended Jan. 30, 2010, vs. $17.3 billion for the same period last year.
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Kroger’s Southwest Division is reaffirming its commitment to offering value-added products and services for its shoppers with a new marketing and advertising campaign launched this week across the division’s 209 stores.
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Judy Spires, president of Supervalu’s 124-store Philadelphia-based Acme Markets subsidiary for the past four years, is leaving the company where she began her career as a clerk this Friday, March 12, to pursue a new career opportunity with a new employer.
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Acquisition of the Retail Food Group from Nielsen includes The Gourmet Retailer and Convenience Store News magazines.
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With new shopping behavior data and demographic trends heralding a lasting shift in the wake of the recent recession, retailers and suppliers will have to adapt to consumers’ new shopping patterns to thrive in the marketplace currently and during the post-recession recovery, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) and Retail Forward, a company of global retail insights and consulting business Kantar Retail.
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All Things Organic, the organic community’s biggest business and educational conference in North America, will co-locate with Natural Products Expo East, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) which added that the events would be held together for at least seven years.
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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has chosen Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to perform an independent third-party certification of Alaska’s fisheries management systems.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to open 13 new full-service Chase bank branches in Stater Bros. Supermarkets in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties by mid-year, bringing Chase to more 730 branches in California. Five of the locations opened yesterday.
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Limited-assortment discount retailer ALDI will open its first 11 Texas stores throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area on March 18, with another 16 to follow in the spring.
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Unionized workers have approved new contracts with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. after months of negotiations, averting a threatened strike, according to published reports.
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Business solution provider ECRM and private brand sales and marketing firm Daymon Worldwide will join forces for ECRM’s Private Brand Foods EPP event, scheduled for April 11 through April 14, 2010, in Orlando, Fla.
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The 2010 National Grocers Association (NGA) Best Bagger champion, Kyle Perry of Martin's Super Markets in Osceola, Ind., will go head to head with David Letterman Tuesday, March 9 on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
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Food Lion, LLC banners and sister Delhaize Group division Bottom Dollar Food have joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of Energy Star Leaders, a select group of organizations that have improved energy efficiency across all of their sites.
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Brookshire Grocery Co.’s (BGC) CFO, Tim King, died March 3 after a brief illness.
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Duane Reade’s new location in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City marks the debut of greatly expanded fresh food and grocery sections offering such items as fresh sandwiches, single-serve entrees, baked goods and freshly packed salads and vegetables.
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Stemilt and Dovex Fruit Co. are joining forces to become the leading tree-fruit growing, packing and marketing operation in the nation.
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The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has introduced the first-of-its-kind Retail Litigation Center (RLC), with aim providing the retail industry with a voice on crucial legal issues.
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BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. this week posted net income of $55.1 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 ended Jan. 30, 2010.
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Natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market will highlight the value and quality of Australian wine this spring with a two-month chainwide promotion.
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From sustainability and farm labor issues to the latest retail trends and insight from award-winning chefs, United Fresh 2010, slated for April 20 through April 23 in Las Vegas, will feature education for each segment of the fresh and fresh-cut produce industry.
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Nash Finch Co. posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $43 million, or $3.20 per share, vs. a profit of $5.41 million or 41 cents per share, in the prior-year quarter, while sales for the 12-week period ended Jan. 2, 2010, of $1.22 billion were up 3 percent vs. $1.19 billion in the 13-week prior-year period.
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Tops Markets, LLC said late yesterday that it would sell six recently acquired stores to Schenectady, N.Y.-based Price Chopper Supermarkets.
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Grocery Shopping Network (GSN) has opened two new offices, on the East and West Coasts, for increased market coverage in both the New York and Los Angeles markets.
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