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  • Piggly Wiggly, Fresh Brands Pledge 1M Lbs. of Food to Hunger Task Force

    SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Piggly Wiggly and Fresh Brands here have pledged 1million pounds of food donations to the Hunger Task Force through a new yearlong "Stomp Out Hunger" campaign.
  • Weis Opens Superstore in Boonsboro, Md.

    SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets, based here, celebrated the opening of a new superstore in Boonsboro, Md. over the weekend. Earlier this fall the 158-store chain broke ground for a new superstore in nearby Thurmont, Md.
  • A&P Names S.V.P., Marketing & Communications

    MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. here said Friday that Jennifer MacLeod had been appointed to the new position of s.v.p., marketing & communications. She reports directly to president and c.e.o. Eric Claus and is a member of the company's senior Executive Management Team.
  • Food Lion Exec Tapped for EPA and DOE Energy Efficiency Leadership Group

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- Ruth Kinzey, Food Lion's director of corporate communications, has joined participants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and leading utilities, state agencies, and energy consumers to lay the groundwork for a national Energy Efficiency Action Plan.
  • What Americans Think of Wal-Mart: Two Surveys Offer Different Views

    WASHINGTON and NEW YORK -- Two recent consumer surveys offer different takes on what Americans think of Wal-Mart and whether negative publicity has scarred its chances for future success.
  • Three Groups Poised to Bid for Albertsons

    BOISE, Idaho -- Three bidders have been putting final touches on offers to take over Albertsons to meet tomorrow's deadline to enter bids for the entire company. The deal, which would be made by a consortium of private equity firms, could be worth as much as $16 billion, including debt, in a sale, according to published reports.
  • Foodarama Mulls Management Proposal to Go Private

    FREEHOLD, N.J. -- Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc., which operates ShopRite supermarkets in central New Jersey, said Friday that it had received a nonbinding proposal from a group headed by Foodarama chairman and founder Joseph Saker and c.e.o. Richard Saker to take the company private for $52 per share, according to a published report. Foodarama's board has formed a committee of three independent directors to consider the proposal.
  • SuperTarget Now Texting Customers

    MINNEAPOLIS -- In a bid to connect with its customers through technology, Target Corp. here is now offering to send cell phone text messages to SuperTarget shoppers who register on the retailer's Web site, according to published reports. The service started two weeks ago.
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