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  • Weis Markets Tabs Q1 Sales Increases

    SUNBURY, Pa. - Buoyed by successful sales-building strategies and aggressive promotional pricing, Weis Markets' first quarter sales increased 4.4 percent to $571.8 million for the 13-week period ending March 31, 2007 vs. the same year-ago period while the chain's same store sales increased 4.4 percent.
  • Restructuring Drags Down Loblaw Cos. Q1 Profits

    TORONTO -- Mainly due to charges relating to an ongoing restructuring, first quarter earnings at Loblaw Cos., Ltd. here nosedived by CAN $86 million (US $77 million), or 61.4 percent, to CAN $54 million (US $49 million), compared to CAN $140 million (US $126 million) in the year-ago period, the retailer said yesterday.
  • Dierbergs Promotes Mother's Day Menu

    CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Dierbergs Markets here is cooking up a special menu for Mother's Day as a way to give Mom a break from the kitchen while giving the whole family a home-cooked meal.
  • Pathmark's 'Go Fresh, Go Local' Unit a Template for Future Stores

    CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark's first "Go Fresh, Go Local" unit, embodying the chain's latest branding and merchandising initiatives, is a prototype that will seed future strategic remodels, several of which are in "the planning process" and should be completed by the end of the year, Pathmark's spokesman, Rich Savner, told Progressive Grocer yesterday.
  • GROCERY: Energy Drinks: Liquid dynamite

    Energy drinks have burst out of nowhere to give a quick lift to the supermarket beverage aisle. But their real payoff could be staying power.
  • NONFOODS: Shaving Products Roundtable: Razor's edge

    Grocers' strategies for shaving category sales are looking dull in the face of the growing threat from drug stores. Here are some ways to sharpen things up.
  • Cargill Makes Record-Breaking Ground Beef Donation to Second Harvest

    WICHITA, Kan. - Cargill Meat Solutions based here donated 94,520 pounds of ground beef to America's Second Harvest, representing the largest ground beef donation in anti-hunger organization's 26-year history.
  • Bloom Breaking Out the Tissues to Promote Rewards Program

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- Bloom Supermarkets is hoping the next time its customers reach for a tissue, they'll think of the store. The retailer, a banner of Delhaize America retailer Food Lion here, has tapped New York-based AdPack USA to produce 50,000 tissue packs promoting its "Breeze" frequent shopper/loyalty card program.
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