WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Today Shaw's Supermarkets is hosting an Earth Day event for associates at its Store Support Center here in anticipation of the annual observance of Earth Day (Thursday, April 22).
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. said it will close its Cranston Logistics grocery warehouse operation in Cranston, R.I., in April and will lay off 226 workers, the Providence Journal reports.
MASSILLON, Ohio -- Supervalu, Inc. announced it is closing the former Fleming Companies warehouse here that it is buying from C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., putting about 850 people out of work.
WAUKESHA, Wis. -- The former Fleming Cos. warehouse here will likely close this month after the facility is sold to Supervalu, a union official has told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
WILMINGTON, Del. - The court overseeing the Chapter 11 case of Fleming Cos. Inc. has refused to let Albertsons Inc. out of supply contracts with the grocery wholesaler -- contracts that Fleming says are key to completing the sale of its wholesale business, reports Dow Jones.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - Supermarkets were one of the few sectors of the food industry actively acquiring or merging with other companies in the first half of 2003, the Food Institute reports. Supermarket companies racked up 20 deals -- up from 12 during the first six months of 2002.
