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  • Kroger Winning with Shopper Data, Says Vice Chairman

    NEW YORK -- Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is doing better than surviving in a fast-changing retail landscape, in full command of the challenge to deliver on the diverse needs of its customers in many markets, said the vice chairman and c.f.o. at an investor's gathering here earlier this week.

  • Second Maryland Wegmans Store to Open in 2009

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here has reportedly signed a lease to anchor the expansion of the Village at Waugh Chapel in Gambrills, Md. in Anne Arundel County. The 140,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in 2009, when it will be able to cater to a large influx of people moving to the area as part of the expansion of Pentagon agencies at Fort George G. Meade.

  • GROCERY: Peanut Butter: Spread the word

    Once strictly kid stuff, peanut butter is now positioning itself, through health-conscious and gourmet products, as a grown-up food.

  • FRESH FOOD: Stateside Pride: Local heroes

    For grocers willing to make the commitment, homespun state-sponsored agricultural marketing programs can rack up good will and good sales.

  • India Tops List of Most Attractive Countries for International Expansion

    CHICAGO -- Against a backdrop of accelerating modern retail globalization, India retained its position as the world's most attractive market for mass merchant and food retailers seeking overseas growth, according to the 2006 Global Retail Development Index released by A.T. Kearney here.

  • Anti-Wal-Mart Groups to Stage Rallies on Health Care

    WASHINGTON -- As part of their nationwide campaign to "Help Cure the Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis," grassroots supporters of WakeUpWalMart.com, local Change to Win federation members, workers, and community activists are planning to lead public rallies in 35 cities across the United States in a national day of action, WakeUpWalMart.com said yesterday.

  • Consumers More Price-conscious Post-2001: Study

    NEW YORK --­ The American shoppers' mindset has dramatically shifted since 2001 toward more anxiety and less spending, reflecting a new "Never Normal" environment they now live in, according to the latest "How America Shops" 2006 study from retail marketing consultancy WSL Strategic Retail, based here.

  • Wal-Mart Sets Up Diversity Panel

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday it has established an Employment Practices Advisory Panel to develop and implement progressive enhancements to equal employment opportunity and diversity initiatives for the nation's largest private work force.
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