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  • Stop & Shop Implements Automated Storage and Retrieval System

    QUINCY, Mass. - Stop & Shop, an Ahold USA company, has tapped Milwaukee-based HK Systems to provide an automated storage and retrevial system for the grocer's new East Coast distribution center.
  • Wal-Mart to Broaden RFID Test

    DALLAS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced today that it will widen its trial of radio frequency identification tags in northern Texas to several more products, among them large items like bicycles and lawnmowers, according to the Dallas Morning News and other published reports.
  • Stater Bros. Ends Nationwide Fund-Raising Tour

    COLTON, Calif. -- Stater Bros. Markets, based here, is winding up its fund-raising trip today when it completes plans to sell $700 million in bonds needed to pay off existing debt and build a new $200 million headquarters and distribution facility at the former Norton Air Force Base in San Bernadino, according to the Riverside, Calif. Press-Enterprise.
  • Hannaford Goes Live With Outbound Logistics System

    SCARBOROUGH, Maine - Hannaford Bros., a subsidiary of Delhaize America and an operator of 122 supermarkets and food and drug combination stores in the Northeast, announced it has successfully deployed a logistics solution from Cary, N.C.-based Supply Chain Intelligence.
  • Labor Secretary Announces Grant to Help Laid-off Grocery Wholesale Workers

    WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao yesterday announced a National Emergency Grant of $388,128 to help about 50 workers who were laid off from C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. in Portland, Maine.
  • Distribution Center to Create 250 Jobs in Maryland

    ELKTON, Md. - Burris Logistics, a temperature-controlled food distribution center business based in Milford, Del., hopes to create 250 full-time jobs in Cecil County, Md. when it opens a warehouse in Elkton, the Baltimore Sun reports.
  • Nash Finch Announces Store Closings

    MINNEAPOLIS --Nash Finch Co., a national food retailer and distributor, today announced that it will close 21 stores, including five Buy n Save outlets, and three Avanza outlets located in Chicago and Pueblo, Colo.
  • COVER STORY: On the road again

    In the aftermath of Fleming's implosion, a new order of wholesaling has arisen for large national retailers and regional players and co-ops alike.
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