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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) will hold its inaugural Supermarket Health & Wellness Conference, May 11 through May 13, 2010, in conjunction with FMI 2010, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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Target yesterday launched a scannable mobile coupon program that allows users to receive exclusive offers directly on their mobile phones and redeem them by scanning a bar code on the phone at checkout.
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Approximately 3,500 Costco Teamsters in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Virginia have ratified a new three-year agreement that includes wage increases and annual guaranteed bonuses that the labor union said will maintain the members’ distinction as the highest-paid retail workers in the country.
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Diana C. Nilhas has joined Schnuck Markets, Inc. as treasurer. In her new position, Nilhas reports to David Bell, CFO of the St. Louis-based regional grocer.
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Gaelo de la Fuente has been named THE new president of Supervalu’s Virginia Beach, Vir.-based Farm Fresh division.
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Meyer Natural Foods, parent company of Laura’s Lean Beef and Meyer Natural Angus, used this week’s Annual Meat Conference in Orlando, Fla., as the launchpad to debut its new go-to-market strategy as the one-stop solution for naturally raised beef.
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Food Lion banners and Bottom Dollar Food have honored Emory Turner with their 2009 Store Manager Excellence Award.
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation supported by the California Grocers Association (CGA) that aims to restore the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Program and Fund to solvency through June.
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The board of directors of Ingles Markets, Inc. has authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million shares of its Class A and Class B Common Stock.
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Supervalu, Inc. has sold its Payson Store Fixtures division to Boston-based DGS Retail Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to Quazar Capital Corp., the Minneapolis-based investment banking firm that represented Payson on the deal.
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Internet grocer Peapod has joined forces with Chicago-based sustainable communities group Neighbor Capital and food desert researcher Mari Gallagher to look at ways to expand delivery to communities where a dearth of full-service grocery stores makes it difficult to obtain quality fresh food.
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Sunbury, Pa.-based regional independent Weis Markets’ Hanover, Pa., store has earned silver certification from the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary Environmental Protection Agency alliance with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.
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The Kroger Co. yesterday posted an increase of total sales, including fuel, of 7.2 percent to $18.6 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 ended Jan. 30, 2010, vs. $17.3 billion for the same period last year.
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Kroger’s Southwest Division is reaffirming its commitment to offering value-added products and services for its shoppers with a new marketing and advertising campaign launched this week across the division’s 209 stores.
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Judy Spires, president of Supervalu’s 124-store Philadelphia-based Acme Markets subsidiary for the past four years, is leaving the company where she began her career as a clerk this Friday, March 12, to pursue a new career opportunity with a new employer.
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Acquisition of the Retail Food Group from Nielsen includes The Gourmet Retailer and Convenience Store News magazines.
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With new shopping behavior data and demographic trends heralding a lasting shift in the wake of the recent recession, retailers and suppliers will have to adapt to consumers’ new shopping patterns to thrive in the marketplace currently and during the post-recession recovery, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) and Retail Forward, a company of global retail insights and consulting business Kantar Retail.
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All Things Organic, the organic community’s biggest business and educational conference in North America, will co-locate with Natural Products Expo East, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) which added that the events would be held together for at least seven years.
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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has chosen Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to perform an independent third-party certification of Alaska’s fisheries management systems.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to open 13 new full-service Chase bank branches in Stater Bros. Supermarkets in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties by mid-year, bringing Chase to more 730 branches in California. Five of the locations opened yesterday.
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Limited-assortment discount retailer ALDI will open its first 11 Texas stores throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area on March 18, with another 16 to follow in the spring.
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Unionized workers have approved new contracts with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. after months of negotiations, averting a threatened strike, according to published reports.
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Business solution provider ECRM and private brand sales and marketing firm Daymon Worldwide will join forces for ECRM’s Private Brand Foods EPP event, scheduled for April 11 through April 14, 2010, in Orlando, Fla.
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The 2010 National Grocers Association (NGA) Best Bagger champion, Kyle Perry of Martin's Super Markets in Osceola, Ind., will go head to head with David Letterman Tuesday, March 9 on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
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Food Lion, LLC banners and sister Delhaize Group division Bottom Dollar Food have joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of Energy Star Leaders, a select group of organizations that have improved energy efficiency across all of their sites.
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