Supermarket/Grocery

Former Furrs Supermarkets Inc. employees are spreading word to one another to attend a court hearing Thursday to protest that they have not received promised severance pay. In a separate action, union officials filed a motion Sept. 21 asking the court to direct Furrs to make the payments.

CLEMENTON, N.J., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ShopRite announced today that the revised contract proposal they had presented to UFCW Local 1360 was rejected without review by union membership. The contracts between ShopRite and the Local expired in March/April and the parties continued to operate under an extension while they negotiated. On September 6, 2001 the union called for a work stoppage.

Dierbergs Markets Inc. plans to build its firstMetro East store in Shiloh near a soon-to-open Interstate 64 interchange and has shelved plans for a store in neighboring Fairview Heights, company officials say.

PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeway filed suit today in Federal Court charging that the United Food and Commercial Workers union has engaged in blatant ``voting irregularities''.

Food Distributors International (FDI) and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Inc. (NASFT) announced that they have agreed on an initiative to develop strong inter-organizational ties under which FDI will provide services to all of the specialty food organization's members.

Pathmark Stores Inc. on Wednesday announced several organizational changes designed to further strengthen the company in the area of operations and merchandising.

WhereNet, provider of wireless supply chain visibility solutions, announced that Associated Food Stores has adopted WhereNet's Real-Time Locating System technology to reduce costs and improve efficiencies at the AFS distribution center.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced on Tuesday the continuation of its aggressive unit growth for the fiscal year beginning February 1, 2002.