Hy-Vee has started construction on a new supermarket in the Prairie Trail planned community in Ankeny, Iowa. The 92,000-s.f. store, to be located at the northwest corner of Southwest Oralabor Road and Southwest State Street, will be Hy-Vee’s second supermarket in Ankeny. Andy McCann, SVP of store development for Hy-Vee, says in a news release […]
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Tough Times On Horizon For 2013 Grocery Biz
Stater Bros.’ Jack Brown: Year ahead will be one of the most competitive by Kristen Cloud/staff writer If you thought the past few years were tough for business, just wait until 2013 runs its course—at least according to Jack H. Brown, chairman and CEO of San Bernardino-based Stater Bros. Markets, which operates 167 stores in […]
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Smith Brothers Of Demo Deluxe/IMG Pass Away At 66
Brothers James and Jerry Smith, owners and operators of Demo Deluxe/IMG, both recently passed away after battling cancer. A funeral service for the brothers was held Monday in Orange, Calif. James A. Smith died Nov. 21 and Jerry E. Smith died Dec. 6. Both were 66 years old. They were born two minutes apart on […]
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2012’s Top Stories In The West
A number of big stories came out of the western states in 2012. Below are the most noteworthy as reported by The Shelby Report this year. Haggen Rolls Out Rebranding Program Bellingham, Wash.-based Haggen launched its Northwest Fresh rebranding program at its Bellevue store in late 2011, and this year the company began extending the […]
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Supervalu Reportedly Moving Toward Sale Of Two Chains To Cerberus
Bloomberg News reports Supervalu Inc. is moving toward a deal to sell retail chains such as Albertsons and Save-A-Lot to Cerberus Capital Management LP after talks on a full takeover of the grocer stalled, said people with knowledge of the matter. Save-A-Lot, Supervalu’s hard-discount banner, also received interest from parties such as private-equity firm KKR […]
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Former Supervalu Execs Join Unified Grocers
Unified Grocers has appointed Susan M. Klug as SVP and CMO and Leon G. Bergmann as SVP of sales, a new position at Unified. The announcement was made jointly on Dec. 3 by Unified Grocers CEO by Al Plamann and President Bob Ling. Both Klug and Bergmann previously worked for Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu. Klug, […]
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Report: Cyber Monday Online Shopping Reaches All Time High
Holiday shoppers turned Cyber Monday into the biggest spending day ever with online sales growing 30.3 percent over the same period last year, according to cloud-based analytics findings by IBM. With an increase in online sales across multiple channels, the digital consumer took center stage. Retailers, marketing departments and CMOs delivered a consistent customer experience […]
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Supervalu Freezes Salaries, Cuts Benefits For Employees
Supervalu Inc. has cut the company 401K match and frozen salaries for thousands of its employees, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports. “As we have stated in our last two earnings calls, we need to immediately take costs out of the business in order to fund our growth plans,” said Michael Siemienas, a spokesman for […]