Walmart

NEW YORK - The supermarket's pool of dedicated shoppers is shrinking, and to survive, supermarkets need to focus on ways they can set themselves apart beyond just offering low prices, according to consulting firm WSL Strategic Retail, based here.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was told on Friday it must pay at least $78 million for violating Pennsylvania state labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock.

Columbus, Ohio's premier family-owned gourmet grocer is a small store packed with passion and humor -- and worth the trip.

Columbus, Ohio's premier family-owned gourmet grocer is a small store packed with passion and humor -- and worth the trip.

Columbus, Ohio's premier family-owned gourmet grocer is a small store packed with passion and humor -- and worth the trip.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - A jury in Philadelphia sided with two former Wal-Mart workers yesterday in a lawsuit that accused Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. of violating state labor laws by forcing employees to work through rest breaks and off the clock. The suit is one of many wage-and-hour suits that have been filed in the U.S. against the world's largest retailer.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Southeastern supermarket operator Bi-Lo/Bruno's here opened one of its latest formats yesterday in the Chattanooga, Tenn. market, and said it plans further development in the region as part of a capital investment of approximately $37 million.

LAKELAND, Fla. -Publix Super Markets here is hoping to add the Chattanooga market to its Tennessee expansion strategy--and took its first step in that direction yesterday as it filed an application with the city planning commission for a new unit in Hixson.