General Mills Inc. said Thursday it is buying privately-held Brazilian packaged-food maker Yoki Alimentos for $958 million, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business...
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For only the fourth time in the company’s 82-year history, Hy-Vee Inc. has a new chairman and CEO. Today, Hy-Vee’s board of directors elected Randy Edeker...
Avery Dennison Designed and Engineered Solutions has introduced low-cost shelf signage that enables grocers and small supermarket chains to advertise sales at the shelf...
General Mills said today that it is eliminating 850 jobs worldwide in an effort to cut costs. Golden Valley, Minn.-based General Mills said in a news release the move...
7-Eleven Inc., the convenience store chain that serves up Slurpees and the super-sized Big Gulp sodas, is working to acquire most of the Open Pantry chain. Milwaukee’s...
By Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor The National Association for Retail Merchandising Services (NARMS) is moving its base of operations from Wisconsin to Colorado...
Nash Finch Co., Minneapolis-based food distributor, announced today that U Save Foods Inc., a Nash Finch wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to...
Kroger Co. CEO David Dillon was paid $8.9 million in 2011, a 66 percent markup over what the Cincinnati-based grocer paid him the previous year, the Associated Press...