Stater Bros. Markets

CHICAGO - Colton, Calif.-based Stater Bros. and Boulder, Colo.-based Wild Oats Markets selected AccessVia's Web dSignShop to print signs and labels for all of their store locations, AccessVia announced this week during the Retail Systems event in Chicago.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU business, today announced that it has signed Stater Bros. Markets to an information-sharing agreement. Sales data from the 156-store southern California supermarket chain will enhance the coverage of ACNielsen's Scantrack retail measurement service, and retailer-specific insights from Stater Bros. will be available to manufacturer partners of the chain via ACNielsen's Account Level Services. The agreement makes ACNielsen Stater Bros.' preferred provider of syndicated sales information and merchandising software.

Colton, California -- Stater Bros. Yesterday announced it will implement TRAX Software & Consulting's Shrink TRAX and DM2 Data Mining software applications.

COLTON, Calif. - Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said its sales increased 2.9 percent to $662.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2003 ended Dec. 29, 2002. Like store sales increased 2.3 percent.

Larry Johnston's re-energized management team is abandoning weak markets, hacking costs, and working a plan to be the nation's top food and drug retailer.

COLTON, Calif. - West Coast retailer Stater Bros. Markets announced on Monday two new appointments: Jim Lee was named group senior vice president - retail, and Dennis McIntyre was promoted to group senior vice president - marketing.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Fresh Brands' executive vice president Michael Houser and Wal-Mart's senior vice president of food merchandising John Westling will headline next week's inaugural SAMMY reception here.

Three major chains plan to save big with centralized perishables buying, but will their fresh departments start to look like clones?