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  • Giant-Carlisle Names PR Director

    CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores, LLC, based here, has named Tracy Pawelski director of public relations. Pawelski is responsible for promoting Giant Food Stores, Tops Markets, and Martin's Food Markets via corporatewide communications and public relations strategies.
  • NRA Says Restaurant Sales to Exceed Half-Trillion Dollars in 2006

    WASHINGTON -- Supermarkets may be losing more dollars to the foodservice industry next year, as restaurant sales are projected to reach a record $511 billion in 2006, according to the National Restaurant Association.
  • Safeway to Invest $1.6 Billion in Growth Next Year

    PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. plans make approximately $1.6 billion in cash capital expenditures in 2006, to complete 20-25 new stores and remodel approximately 280 stores, the company said during its investor conference yesterday.
  • Laurel Grocery's C.E.O. to Step Down in Planned Transition

    LONDON, Ky. -- Privately owned wholesaler Laurel Grocery Company here said yesterday that its c.e.o., Bruce Chesnut, intends to step down effective Jan. 1, 2006, but will remain chairman of the board. President and c.o.o. Jim Buchanan will assume Chesnut's administrative duties, becoming president and c.e.o.
  • Publix Super Markets Installs System Management Software

    LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets, Inc. plans to install system-monitoring software to maintain performance standards across its enterprise-wide systems.
  • MOM's Thinking Outside the Bag

    ROCKVILLE, Md.-- MOM's -- short for My Organic Market -- a Washington, D.C.-area retail grocer of fresh organic and pre-packaged foods, said yesterday that it had launched its "Think Outside the Bag" initiative to reduce the grocery bags it uses by half.
  • H-E-B Plus! Store to Add In-store Health Clinic

    SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The new H-E-B Plus! store recently introduced by H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here will soon have an addition: a RediClinic in-store health clinic.
  • Promotion Allowance Levels at 10-year High: Promodata Study

    CHICAGO -- A study conducted by research firm Promodata's Price-Trak Group projects a decade-high average promotion allowance of 15 percent by year's end. This high allowance level is being driven by consistent increases across all major product groups, with the exception of refrigerated foods, which peaked in 2002/03, according to the group.
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