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04/30/2012
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here has received a vote of confidence from the top executive at Tesco, its British-based parent company.
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04/30/2012
Facebook’s new “Timeline” layout and its associated functionalities are allowing supermarket retailers the opportunity to expand and deepen their virtual relationship with shoppers while challenging them to craft online personas with the same care they’d give to the best display of produce in their flagship store.
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04/28/2012
In this informative webinar, learn how three companies combine cloud-based publishing, centralized processing, and direct-to-store logistics to create a new paradigm for the current retail shelf-tag model
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04/28/2012
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Joining the wave of retailers rolling out seafood sustainability programs, Meijer announced a comprehensive new seafood sustainability program.
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04/28/2012
WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation today urged the Federal Trade Commission to move cautiously in establishing regulations for mobile payments, and said any rules that are adopted should parallel those for the underlying form of payment and not be specific to the technology.
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04/28/2012
Supermarket News will broadcasting video interviews from FMI2012, and they'll continue to be available online after the show.
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04/28/2012
SAN ANTONIO - Paris is the next stop on Central Market’s in-store tour.
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04/28/2012
MINNEAPOLIS — Slowing inflation and higher investments in marketing programs led to quarterly declines in sales and profits for Nash Finch Co., the distributor here said Friday.
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04/27/2012
OKLAHOMA CITY — Funeral services are scheduled here Tuesday for E. Dean Werries, the former president and later chairman and chief executive officer of former national wholesaler Fleming Cos.
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04/27/2012
SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets will invest $125 million in its store growth program during fiscal 2012, including two new stores and 18 major remodels, officials said Thursday at the company’s annual meeting here.
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04/27/2012
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday said that customers can now order products on walmart.com and pay for them with cash at Wal-Mart stores.
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04/27/2012
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Construction is reportedly set to begin next month on the first Meijer supercenter in Detroit.
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04/27/2012
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Any investors who are skeptical of Safeway’s chances of gaining market share won’t have to wait long to see if their assumptions are correct, Steve Burd, chairman and chief executive officer, told analysts Thursday.
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04/27/2012
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Wegmans Food Markets on Thursday said it would freeze prices for more than 60 items beginning Sunday and lasting until Aug. 25.
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04/27/2012
In this informative webinar, learn how three companies combine cloud-based publishing, centralized processing, and direct-to-store logistics to create a new paradigm for the current retail shelf-tag model
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04/27/2012
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons LLC here said it has named Karl Meinhardt to head a new social media and digital marketing effort in the newly created post of vice president, social and digital marketing.
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04/26/2012
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04/26/2012
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Food Stores has announced the launch of sustainability and healthy living website, as well as a new partnership with the seafood nonprofit FishWise.
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04/26/2012
CARLISLE, Pa. — Ahold USA banners Stop & Shop, Giant and Martin's are highlighting their integrated mix of gluten-free foods with about 3,000 new shelf tags that say “gluten free.”
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04/26/2012
CHARLOTTE — Harris Teeter here said Wednesday that its newest store in Portsmouth, Va., set to open on May 9, will include several energy-saving features.
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04/26/2012
MILWAUKEE — Roundy’s here said that it would begin paying shareholders a quarterly dividend.
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04/25/2012
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04/25/2012
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here on Tuesday said it has created a new position at the company to oversee compliance with U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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04/25/2012
John Clifford, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief veterinarian, confirmed on Tuesday that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow disease” has been confirmed in a dairy cow at a central California rendering facility.
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04/25/2012
NEW YORK — The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade announced the Outstanding Retailers of 2012, Tuesday.
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