Hyperlocal merchandising strategy is beginning to pay off by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc. has been focusing on merchandising...
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Comp Sales decrease 1.3 percent as Michigan jobless rate rises by Terrie Ellerbee/associate editor Spartan Stores reported a nearly 3 percent increase in net sales in...
Year-end rebate also a record, $151.6 million paid to members Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. (AWG) of Kansas City, Kan., achieved record sales of $7.25 billion in...
Geoff Welch, Midwest regional manager for The Shelby Report, talked to Brandon Scholz, president of the Wisconsin Grocers Association, about this year’s WGA Innovation...
Integrated Management Information Inc. and Heinen’s Fine Foods, a regional retailer with 17 locations in northeast Ohio, have launched the WhereFoodComesFrom® labeling...
Supercenter chain Meijer is preparing to hire hundreds of new employees for its stores as it prepares for this year’s holiday season. The announcement was made via...
Boulder, Colo.-based Sunflower Farmers Market has announced it will open its thirteenth store in Colorado in late 2012, making it a baker’s dozen for the store’s home...
The Missouri Beef Industry Council in Columbia is charged with protecting and enhancing beef demand. Whitney Wallace, director of consumer outreach for the Missouri Beef...