Promotion Management

MINNEAPOLIS - Food retailer and distributor Nash Finch Company today reported that net earnings rose 50 percent to $6.0 million for the third quarter ended October 6, 2001, compared to net earnings of $4.0 million reported for the third quarter of 2000.

BOULDER, Colo. - Wild Oats Markets Inc., a leading national natural and organic foods retailer, today announced financial results for the third quarter and first nine months ended September 29, 2001.

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. on Wednesday announced sales and results of operations for its first quarter of fiscal 2002. Earnings for the 12 weeks ended September 19, 2001 were $22.4 million, an increase of $13.0 million or 138.1% when compared with the same quarter last year.

Safeway Inc. on Friday reported net income of $309.2 million ($0.60 per share) for the third quarter ended September 8, 2001.

The Penn Traffic Company Announces Increased Second Quarter results and rollout of loyalty card to 150 stores.

Retail giants Kmart Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. are engaging in a price war prompted by the return of Kmart's famous BlueLight discount campaign. However, Wal-Mart and Target seem to be gaining market share on Kmart due to their retaliatory price cuts.

Eversave, an e-marketing infrastructure company best known for building proprietary email lists and powering geographically-targeted Internet promotions, on Thursday announced that is has been selected by Shaw's Supermarkets to manage the company's in-house email database and power geographically-targeted promotions on the Shaw's web site (www.shaws.com).

The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, Inc. (S&H) today announced that the S&H greenpoints digital rewards currency can now beearned and used in all 97 Lowes Foods stores throughout North Carolina andVirginia.