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Improved quality, line extensions, product innovation, and high margins crown private label as the dairy aisle's royalty.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. on Thursday announced Jim Thatcher as division manager of SaveRite Grocery Warehouse Inc., effective immediately. Thatcher will report to John Sheehan, senior v.p. of operations.

LOS ANGELES - The United Food and Commercial Workers union said Friday that it is sending "hundreds" of striking Southern California grocery workers to Safeway stores in Northern California to disrupt business, according to a Dow Jones newswires report.

Promotions, new products, improved quality, and a world of different toppings are helping sales of frozen pizzas take off.

BOISE, Idaho -- Office Depot, Inc., a Delray beach, Fla.-based reseller of office products, and Albertsons today announced a retailing agreement in which Office Depot initially will provide office and school supplies to 18 Albertsons stores in three markets (Chicago, Los Angeles, and Phoenix).

CHICAGO - Teamster-represented pharmacists at Albertsons Corp.'s Osco Drug stores have voted to authorize a strike if a contract can't be reached.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Rite Aid Corp.'s former financial chief could face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy days before he was to go on trial with two other former executives for what prosecutors say was an attempt to defraud shareholders.

PARAMUS, N.J. - Toys "R" Us Inc. has signed a multiyear agreement to become the exclusive toy provider at all Albertson's Inc. food and drug stores.