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SAN FRANCISCO -- Save Mart Supermarkets yesterday opened four Lucky stores, bringing back the Lucky banner to the Bay Area as it converts the region's 72 Albertsons stores, which Save Mart recently purchased.

ST. LOUIS -- Schnuck Markets, Inc. here and Clorox are working together to help raise $12,000 in funds for St. Louis-based Operation Food Search (OFS), via a "Stock Up, Help Out" consumer campaign.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- The recipe information kiosks in use at Food Lion's Bloom stores this week hit a milestone as the number of shoppers who have used them for meal planning, price checking, or locating products surpassed 1 million.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok. -- Albertson's LLC and Wal-Mart are among 13 retailers and oil companies named in a lawsuit that claims they've been overcharging consumers for gasoline that was stored at hotter than usual temperatures.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Save Mart Supermarkets yesterday opened four Lucky stores, bringing back the Lucky banner to the Bay Area as it converts the region's 72 Albertsons stores, which Save Mart recently purchased.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Record profits in its latest quarter weren't enough to prevent Supervalu here from taking a hit on Wall Street, due to sluggish same-store sales that some analysts interpreted yesterday as a sign that the mega-grocer is falling behind its top counterparts, rivals Kroger and Safeway.

BOISE, Idaho -- Albertson's LLC yesterday reached an agreement with Supervalu for an extension through June 2009 of the two-year transition services pact that the two companies signed in June 2006 when they divvied up the assets of Albertson's, Inc.

DALLAS -- To try to satisfy consumer hunger for more information about where their food comes from and the processes behind specific flavors and seasonings, Winn Meat Co. based here said it has launched a Web cam to showcase the dry aging of beef.