Retail

LANDOVER, Md. -- Ahold USA division Giant Food installed an automated refill prescription pickup kiosk at a Reston, Va. unit to make it easier for shoppers there to retrieve refills when it is convenient for them.

NEWARK, Del. -- The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here is readying for its upcoming Retail Produce Solutions Conference (RPSC) set to take place in Houston, March 9-11, 2006.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Aiming to take a bite out of the growing market for organic foods, Supervalu cut the ribbon on its first Sunflower Market here. The 12,000-square-foot, value-priced natural and organic foods retail outlet carries 8,000 to 12,000 SKUs, and will serve as the prototype for a Supervalu expansion plan that includes opening 50 Sunflower Market stores in five years.

WASHINGTON -- The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) said yesterday that it's joining the National Restaurant Association/National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation to launch a one-of-a-kind, multi-faceted food safety education and food policy event later this year in Washington, D.C.

CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark here will shutter two underperforming stores this month, one in Warminster, Pa. and another in Freehold, N.J.

QUINCY, Mass. -- After testing in a store and its headquarters, Stop & Shop plans to rollout a new free Wi-Fi program to other stores this year.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. here, which put itself on the selling block a month ago, said it has received the proceeds of a $25 million, two-year term loan that will reduce the outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- In yet another sign of supermarkets joining forces with foodservice companies, Publix Super Markets here said yesterday it will test an in-store Carrabba's Italian Grill takeout restaurant in one of its Sarasota stores this summer.