Supermarket/Grocery

BOISE, Idaho - During Black History Month Albertson's family of stores and the Coca-Cola Company are donating a portion of proceeds from sales of African-American manufactured and distributed products to museums across the country.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - New findings from ACNielsen U.S.'s Consumer Pre-View service shows that consumers are planning to cut back on restaurant dining and are more likely to buy American-made grocery products.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - UCCnet announced today that Wegmans Food Markets and the Nestle Purina PetCare Company (formerly Ralston Purina Company) are now using UCCnet services for communicating product information for all Purina product categories carried by Wegmans.

NEW YORK - Toys R Us Inc. said on Monday it is testing out kiosks at Ahold-owned stores in the United States in part to compete with Wal-Mart, whose toy sales now exceed those of Toys R Us, Reuters reports.

BOULDER, Colo. - Natural and organic foods retailer Wild Oats Markets Inc. has made changes in its organizational structure to further strengthen its merchandising department.

MIAMI - Farm Stores Grocery Inc. recently announced the launch of an aggressive growth plan for its 45-year-old "Farm Stores Drive-Thru" brand.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Ingles Markets Inc. today announced that its first-quarter earnings before extraordinary items reached $4.6 million, a 2.4% increase compared with the December 2000 quarter.

DALLAS - Fleming announced on Thursday that it has been named a "critical vendor" to Kmart by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and that $76 million of Fleming's pre-petition merchandise receivables claim will be paid by Kmart today.