News Archive
Henry Falcon, manager of the Sweetbay Supermarket in Plant City, was named a grand finalist this week in the Food Marketing Institute's 10th annual store manager awards in Dallas. Falcon won in the category for companies with 50 to 199 stores. [Read More]
Big Y Foods, Inc. has appointed Eric A. Swensen its director of frozen food and dairy. In his new role, Swensen, who reports to VP for fresh foods Michael P. D'Amour, will oversee all aspects of these departments, from hiring and training to sales and marketing, including financials for the entire New England chain. Swensen succeeds Valentino Vivenzio, who recently retired. [Read More]
The parent company of Food Lion, Delhaize Group, has said it will buy a majority of Bi-Lo stores and assets for $425 million. [Read More]
Ektron Inc., a technology and market leader in Web content management software, today announced the 2009 Ektron All Star Award winners. Award recipients were select for 16 different industry and regional categories. [Read More]
To encourage consumers to use an online weekly sales flyer, Food Lion is running a "Go Green & Win Green" sweepstakes. [Read More]
Food Lion is One of the First Supermarkets to Introduce GreenChill Program [Read More]
The Edina-based food wholesaler soaks up sales and looks carefully for growth opportunities amid its weakened competition. [Read More]
Hannaford market tests managing cart traffic at the register [Read More]
BRUSSELS -- Belgium-based supermarket operator Delhaize Group SA on Thursday posted a 7.6% rise in second-quarter net profit, helped by higher sales, the stronger U.S. dollar and cost cutting.
However, the company also raised concerns about a deepening price war in the U.S. [Read More]
MINNEAPOLIS - Nash Finch here has launched a new premium natural and organics brand named after the company's founding brothers.
Products under the Nash Brothers Trading Company label are in their initial phase of distribution "and we're excited with the results," Alec Covington, the wholesaler's president and chief executive officer, said Tuesday. [Read More]
The acting Surgeon General, Rear Adm. Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., held up Hannaford Supermarkets' well-publicized "Guiding Stars" nutrition-rating system as an effective way to change consumer behavior, and as the gold standard example of how to get Americans back to healthy eating, in his opening remarks this morning at the Weight of the Nation conference taking place through July 29 in Washington. [Read More]
Hannaford Bros. emergence as the first supermarket chain to win platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the United States Green Building Council for one of its stores, demonstrates a commitment both to industry leadership and to corporate learning. [Read More]
While Wal-Mart prepares to launch a new sustainability initiative with suppliers, the moment might be right to consider how other retailers, such as Food Lion, continue to push an environmental agenda despite the recession. [Read More]
A year after it began testing a new store format geared toward Hispanic shoppers, Food Lion is expanding it in two more North Carolina markets and making plans to convert 10 more Triangle stores. [Read More]
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. will significantly increase use of environmentally responsible initiatives in its operations in an effort to reduce the company's carbon footprint.
"Environmental sustainability is important to us. We're gathering and interpreting data and using it to evaluate improvements in our business operations," said Scott Charlton, Executive Vice President of Operations. Charlton is responsible for the Transportation, Warehousing, Construction, Facilities and Maintenance areas at C&S. [Read More]
The Springfield distribution site of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. will supply 10 more grocery stores after the company bought inventory and certain assets of a bankrupt Little Rock, Ark., company. The Kansas City, Kan.-based grocery co-operative bought several million dollars worth of assets, most of it food inventory, from Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc., in early May, said Steve Dillard, vice president of corporate sales development. [Read More]
The Springfield distribution site of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. will supply 10 more grocery stores after the company bought inventory and certain assets of a bankrupt Little Rock, Ark., company. The Kansas City, Kan.-based grocery co-operative bought several million dollars worth of assets, most of it food inventory, from Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc., in early May, said Steve Dillard, vice president of corporate sales development. [Read More]
I can't remember the last time I got to write about C&S Wholesale Grocers - they're what we call "uncooperative" in the trade journalism biz - but this week's announcement regarding childhood obesity is all the reason I need to talk about them. [Read More]
IGA here said it opened its first store over the weekend in Guam - a 25,000-square-foot supermarket re-named Island Fresh IGA. [Read More]
Last week, Food Lion customers saved nearly $150,000 during the first week of the company's Food Lion Private Brand Super Sale. Through June 23, Food Lion shoppers can earn up to $10 in free groceries every time they buy Food Lion Private Brand products. [Read More]
The IDDBA show is another main attraction with real live retail buyers and merchandisers, the best dairy, deli, bakery, cheese, foodservice products, packaging, services, and the highest-rated speakers in the business. [Read More]
The Organic Summit is a place for complex discussion and learning for leaders in the organic industry. [Read More]
Three key industry issues--the economy, new product development and sustainability--will be in the spotlight at PLMA's 2009 "World of Private Label" pre-show seminars, held May 25. [Read More]
Frozen yogurt chain Red Mango is moving its national headquarters to Dallas from California, the company announced Friday. [Read More]
Archer Farms Three Meat Pizza is a self-rising crust pizza made with Italian sausage, pepperoni and capicola ham. [Read More]
According to the company, Three Sisters Whole Grain Cereal is a great choice for natural, healthy eating and promoting a more sustainable lifestyle. [Read More]
General Mills is rolling out new products for people who like grilling, and also for people allergic to gluten. [Read More]
The Food and Drug Administration is failing to meet its goals for auditing food-safety inspections that states do on its behalf, FDA data show. [Read More]
Schnuck Markets Inc. has received the Black Pearl Award for food safety from the International Association for Food Protection. [Read More]
Only about 60 percent of Americans search their homes for foods recalled because of contamination, researchers reported on. [Read More]
Organic products -- which are often priced at a premium over non-organic products - have taken a sales hit over the last 12 months as consumers have cut back discretionary spending, according to new analysis by Nielsen's director of industry insights, Tom Pirovano. [Read More]
The map of organic farms in the United States is clustered into a few geographic centers, a strikingly different pattern than the map of all farms, which spreads densely over many regions, breaking only for the Rockies and Western deserts. [Read More]
U.S. sales of organic food and nonfood products grew 17.1% to $24.6 billion in 2008 vs. the previous year, according to the 2009 Organic Industry Survey, conducted by Lieberman Research Group on behalf of the Organic Trade Association. [Read More]
A J.D. Power and Associates' analysis of 50,000 blog entries related to store brands over the course of a year revealed that 73% of comments made about Whole Foods private-label products were positive. [Read More]
While the quarter was a good one, chief executive officer Jerry Fowden warned it was helped along by one-time bumps from deferred spending, lower commodity prices and tax benefits. [Read More]
As of the end of 2008, Wal-Mart accounted for 35 percent of the company's North American business. The relationship hit a hurdle early this year; however, as the world's-largest retailer said it would no longer rely on Cott as its exclusive supplier in the United States. [Read More]
A surge toward private-label beverages has translated into strong interest in Cott Corp. [BCB-T], with investors pumping up the company's shares by 215 per cent so far this year. It hasn't been an easy road for the beverage maker, with significant challenges still ahead. [Read More]
Private label share in the United States has risen dramatically across retail channels and product categories during the past two years as consumers continue to struggle with high food prices and other economic pressures. [Read More]
While the recession has been fueling big gains in private-label use, a new report from NPD Group finds that store brands have been gaining steadily in popularity for the last decade: A full 97% of U.S. households routinely use some generic products. [Read More]
A Kansas City wholesale grocery company says it will buy many of the assets of Affiliated Foods Southwest of Little Rock. [Read More]
The Arlington, Va.-based Food Marketing Institute has elected four members to its board of directors and named a board chairman and four board vice chairmen. [Read More]
Concerns about the recent hybrid influenza outbreak affecting countries around the globe prompted the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) to temporarily pull the plug on its Future Connect and MARKETECHNICS events scheduled to take place next week. [Read More]
HAMILTON COUNTY (WRCB) -- Food Lion Grocery Stores are helping feed the hungry. The Samaritan Center has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. The Center will use this money to buy fresh fruits and vegetables for people in need who come to the Center for assistance. [Read More]
The massive Lancaster warehouse that services Tops Markets LLC's 71 supermarket chain is expected to eliminate a fraction of the workers employed there. [Read More]
SALISBURY, N.C. - Scott Harrison, senior vice president of technology and efficiency and chief information officer at Food Lion, has been promoted to the newly created position of CIO for Delhaize Group U.S., Food Lion's parent company. [Read More]
SPRINGFIELD - Big Y Foods Inc. will be initiating its own stimulus investments over the next year primarily in four supermarkets with an eye toward increased efficiency as well as energy-resource conservation. [Read More]
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Big Y Foods, Inc. has selected Revionics as their partner for strategic pricing software. The selection was made following a rigorous vendor due diligence process where numerous vendors were evaluated. [Read More]
In the spring of 2004, Food Lion unveiled a new supermarket concept that promised to make grocery shopping easier. [Read More]
Big Y plans to expand the presence of Safeway's Eating Right brand in its stores, SN has learned. The health and wellness line started rolling out in December, and currently includes 64 items, including frozens, cereal, cookies, pasta and soup [Read More]
Donations at Hannaford Supermarket earned $2,425 for Clinton Elementary School, Rick Ramseyer of Hannaford Brothers Co. said this week. [Read More]
Associated Wholesale Grocers posted record results in 2008 and announced an executive change at its annual shareholders meeting. [Read More]
As the nation's health care costs continue to rise, Hannaford Bros.' customers may get discounts on their insurance premiums under a new initiative in the works. The retailer plans to link its new myHannaford online shopping tool to health insurance companies' customer reward initiatives, SN has learned. [Read More]
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield-based Big Y Foods is offering up to 90 days worth of generic prescription drugs for $9.99 to people who sign up for the chain's Prescription Savings Club. [Read More]
Anecdotal feedback from shoppers indicates that Stop & Shop's Healthy Ideas shelf-edge nutrition program is having the most influence on purchases in the juice, cereal and soup categories, Andrea Astrachan, consumer advisor for the chain, told SN in an interview at SN's offices here yesterday. [Read More]
Valentine's Day is the theme of Food Lion's latest online game. Located on http://www.foodlion.com, the game involves using a bow and arrow to "shoot" at hearts emblazoned with the Food Lion logo. [Read More]
Big Y Foods, Inc., recently enhanced its Living Well Eating Smart health and wellness initiative by adding online blogs, videos and audio clips to its Web site. [Read More]
Like rival Ahold, Delhaize Group's (Belgium) stock price soared after the Company reported solid results. With sales for the full year up 15.8% to €5.42 billion, beating many analysts' projections, shares increased 7.2% ($4.23 per share) to close at $62.66 last Friday. [Read More]
Supermarket News presented its 2009 Marketer of the Year Award to Joe Sheridan, executive vice president, Wakefern Food Corp., at a banquet on the first day of FMI's Midwinter Executive Conference. [Read More]
Food Lion has launched yet another Internet game to encourage interaction with its stores and brands. [Read More]
Nash Finch Co. said it has agreed to purchase three distribution centers serving military commissaries and exchanges from GSC Enterprises for $80 million in cash. The deal will allow Nash Finch to expand its military distribution network particularly in the Southern and Midwest states, officials said. [Read More]
C&S Wholesale Grocers will purchase Penn Traffic's wholesale business for $43 million. The wholesale operation supplies over 120 independent supermarkets in New York and Pennsylvania, accounting for about one-fifth of Penn Traffic's revenues. [Read More]
Hannaford Supermarkets will feature KDM Global Partners, LLC's line of Black Elk wines at its stores as part of a "Wines of the World" program in January 2009, according to KDM, a Philadelphia-based importer and producer of private label wine brands. [Read More]
When Kash n' Karry started transforming into Sweetbay Supermarket, it not only developed a fresher, more lively atmosphere, it picked up a high-price image, too. [Read More]
Food Lion is encouraging shoppers to plan their holiday meals around its On The Go Bistro store-brand offerings. An interactive tool on its websites grants access to a meal deal coupon for $3 off when you buy one Bone-In Turkey Breast, two side items, one pack of rolls or bread and one 8-inch pie. [Read More]
C&S Wholesale Grocers has improved scheduling productivity as a result of deploying the Retalix Dock Scheduling system at all 34 of its distribution centers across the U.S. this year, Retalix, Dallas, announced. [Read More]
Hannaford Supermarkets is rolling out a community-based pharmacy benefits plan for employers in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York, in partnership with Greenwood Village, Colo.-based health care management solutions company HealthTrans. [Read More]
As part of its Feeding Imagination educational program, Nash Finch Co.'s charitable giving organization demonstrated its commitment to literacy by donating reading books for children to 12 Twin Cities organizations. [Read More]
Bloom Supermarkets said it has promoted Troy Leshko vice president of retail operations, succeeding JJ Fleeman, who is joining parent company Food Lion. [Read More]
Hannaford Bros.' highly regarded Guiding Stars nutritional system will soon be piloted in a Maine school district and will appear on product packaging. The Topsham school district will rate prepared meals, as well as grab-and-go items in its middle schools and high schools [Read More]
Sam's Club, Nash Finch, Food Lion and United Supermarkets are all either testing or expanding their ethnic specialty store concepts. Mainstream retailers are recognizing that ethnic products and marketing can help draw in both ethnic and non-ethnic customers. [Read More]
A Bloom store will implement a touchscreen shopping cart system called Concierge beginning in 2009, according to Springboard Retail Networks, Toronto, provider of the system. [Read More]
An emphasis on pricing and private-label goods boosted quarterly sales momentum despite reduced volumes at Food Lion and Hannaford Bros. stores, Delhaize Group, said in a review of third-quarter financial results Thursday. [Read More]