Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

STILLWATER, Minn. - Cub Foods on Thursday introduced its "I Love My Cub" campaign, providing shoppers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area the chance to appear in a 30-second television commercial for Cub Foods grocery stores.

DENVER -- Wild Oats Markets Inc. sees a potential to grow to 450 to 500 stores in the United States, versus 102 now, said Chief Financial Officer Edward Dunlap on Tuesday.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold, embroiled in an accounting scandal, said on Friday it would ask for permission to postpone publication of its disputed 2002 results until the end of November at the latest.

SMITHFIELD, Va. - Smithfield Foods Inc. on Friday said it plans to merge two of its major pork processing units, Smithfield Packing Company and Gwaltney of Smithfield Ltd., into one organization with annual sales of over $2.5 billion.

LONDON -- Britain's largest food retailer, Tesco Plc, this morning reported that it beat its forecasts with 14.7 percent jump in annual profits while plucking customers from weaker rivals, Reuters reports.

DALLAS - Fleming Companies Inc. on Friday announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., approved key first day motions, which are intended to support the company's vendors, customers, associates and other stakeholders.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Penn Traffic is bringing thousands of hard-to-find foods, personal care products and baby supplies to customers of its 212 supermarkets, thanks to a new partnership with neXpansion.

PHOENIX - Foodland Super Market, Ltd. of Honolulu, Hawaii, has signed an agreement to use the Intesource suite and services to assist in procuring a variety of goods and services. The deal with Intesource, a food industry procurement specialist, follows the successful completion of a pilot program conducted in December 2002.