Walmart

EDMOND, Okla. -- HAC Inc. here, operator of 67 supermarkets throughout Oklahoma and Kansas, including 49 Homeland Stores, launched its own branded debit card, the One Card Plus, in five of its locations.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart is at the gate of Los Angeles, with its newest Wal-Mart supercenter just opened Friday in Santa Clarita, Calif., bringing the banner closer than ever the Los Angeles city limits.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. Co. here is making a bid to win over more Massachusetts shoppers with the opening of its biggest stores in Taunton and Easton, Mass. this weekend. The stores, both of which will make their debut on Saturday, measure about 56,000 square feet each.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it plans to appeal an Arkansas judge's dismissal of its lawsuit against former vice chairman Tom Coughlin.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Demand for groceries at its stores were instrumental in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. here maintaining its sales forecast for January, the retailer said Saturday.

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Loblaw Cos., Ltd. here yesterday issued an warning that its fourth-quarter results, due Feb. 8, would be lower than the year-ago period as the company continues to invest heavily in revamping its organization in the face of increasing competition from such quarters as Wal-Mart.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has tapped Julie Roehm, an 11-year veteran of the auto industry, to join its Wal-Mart Stores U.S.A. division as s.v.p. of marketing communications, which is a new position within the company.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it has entered into a partnership with New York-based Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, to develop an outreach project to help young children of parents in the United States Armed Services, National Guard, and Reserves deal with the stresses of military life.