Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Wal-Mart and Safeway are the newest companies to join the new Fruits & Veggies -- More Matters license agreement initiative launched by the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here. All told, 33 retail companies representing approximately 20,000 individual retail stores across the nation have signed on with the More Matters campaign.

COPPELL, Texas -- Minyard Food Stores, Inc. is putting its 80-acre, 800,000-square-foot campus here on the block following a deal to outsource its warehouse and distribution operations to Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers earlier this month.

COPPELL, Texas -- Minyard Food Stores, Inc. is putting its 80-acre, 800,000-square-foot campus here on the block following a deal to outsource its warehouse and distribution operations to Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers earlier this month.

COPPELL, Tex. -- Minyard Food Stores, Inc. here is deepening and accelerating its commitment to the Latino-focused Carnival Supermarkets banner. The chain said yesterday it will begin remodeling upgrades at two existing stores, and will open two more flagship Carnival units by 2008.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Community-based independent Ball's Food Stores, which operates 30 Hen House and Ball's Price Chopper grocery stores, said it plans to deploy a price modeling and optimization solution to enhance its pricing and promotion strategies.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Community-based independent Ball's Food Stores, which operates 30 Hen House and Ball's Price Chopper grocery stores, said it plans to deploy a price modeling and optimization solution to enhance its pricing and promotion strategies.

KANSAS CITY -- The $4 generic drug movement picked up more steam this week when Price Chopper, this market's most pervasive grocery banner, declared it would offer more than 300 generic prescriptions at $4 each at 29 store pharmacies in the Kansas City area, plus two in Topeka and two in St. Joseph.

KANSAS CITY -- The $4 generic drug movement picked up more steam this week when Price Chopper, this market's most pervasive grocery banner, declared it would offer more than 300 generic prescriptions at $4 each at 29 store pharmacies in the Kansas City area, plus two in Topeka and two in St. Joseph.