The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. (A&P) announced June 7 that it will enter into a new supply and logistics agreement with its principal wholesale supplier, C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., pending approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Category: Northeast
Posted in, Northeast
Big Y Foods Pilots First-Ever Grocery Chain Groupon Offers
Big Y Foods Inc., Incentive Targeting and HaloEffect have teamed with Groupon to bring social buying to the grocery retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. The partnership combines Groupon’s powerful social buying platform with Incentive Targeting’s retail shopper marketing technology, Big Y’s groundbreaking grocery retail loyalty program, and HaloEffect’s agency creative and grocery marketing […]
Posted in, Northeast
A&P Completes Auction of 25 Superfresh Stores
Montvale, N.J.-based Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. (A&P) recently completed the auction of 25 southern Superfresh locations, as it continues to fully implement its comprehensive financial and operational restructuring. The winning bids, which are subject to approval from the bankruptcy court before the sales would be completed, will be listed in motions of […]
Posted in, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast
Safeway’s Lewis Honored by Magazine
Safeway Inc.’s Assistant Vice President of Legal, Valerie D. Lewis, was named to the prestigious Top Women in Retail and Finance list by Women of Color magazine. Lewis is one of a handful of women professionals chosen by the magazine, a business and technology publication geared for women of diverse ethnic backgrounds, to honor and […]
Posted in, Northeast, Perishables
N.Y. Resident a Winner in Beef Checkoff Veal Promotion
The Beef Checkoff Program has announced the winner in its recent veal promotion designed to help retailers expand veal sales. Susan Motisi of New Rochelle, N.Y., was awarded $1,000 in free groceries. A frequent shopper of her local Super Stop & Shop, Motisi’s winning entry was one of more than 200,000 received in the “Eat […]
Posted in, National, Northeast
FIANY Chief Receives N.G.A. Association Leadership Award
by Millie Adcox/staff writer Jim Rogers, president and CEO of the Food Industry Alliance of New York (FIANY), received the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) 2011 Association Leadership Award March 30 at the Washington Public Policy Conference hosted by N.G.A., the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE) in Washington, D.C. “Jim’s dedication […]
Posted in, National, Northeast
PLMA: Shoppers Can Save 33% By Purchasing Store Brands
Six-week studylooked at prices at a Northeast supermarket A new study conducted by the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) that tracked prices on a wide range of everyday supermarket items revealed that shoppers on average could save 33.3 percent off their grocery bill by filling their carts and baskets with the store brand versions of […]
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VGA’s Harrison Receives FMI’s MacManus Award
In recognition of his professional skills, knowledge and passion for the industry, Jim Harrison, president of Vermont Grocers Association (VGA), was given the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Donald H. MacManus Association Executive Award at the Washington Public Policy Conference hosted by FMI, the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) and Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE). “Jim Harrison […]