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  • Kroger Promotes Stewart to Quik Stop Prez

    CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here promoted Ron Stewart to president of its Quik Stop Markets, Inc. division, replacing Van Tarver, who was named v.p. of convenience stores, Turkey Hill Dairy and supermarket petroleum, earlier this month.
  • Harris Teeter Distributes Wellness Brochures for Summer

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Regional supermarket chain Harris Teeter is touting health and wellness just in time for the July 4th weekend, by offering five new "yourwellness" brochures. The handouts are designed to educate shoppers about being smart during the summer months, seafood safety, produce variety, planning a healthy picnic, and grilling.
  • New York Retailers to Start Tobacco/Alcohol Sales Training Next Month

    ALBANY, N.Y. -- Members of two New York retail trade groups will hold training sessions next month to arm their employees with "real life" techniques for preventing the sale of tobacco and alcohol to underage consumers.
  • Tops Market Donating Proceeds From Festival Booth to Food Bank

    WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Ahold-owned Tops Markets here says it will donate the proceeds from its food booth at the 23rd annual Taste of Buffalo food festival, to the Food Bank of Western New York, according to a published report. This marks the second time in a row that the retailer will do so.
  • Hispanic Retail 360 Store Tour to Hit Top Hispanic Retailers

    NEW YORK -- Three stores in Chicago that are superb at marketing and merchandising to Hispanic consumers will be the highlighted during a special retail tour next month, sponsored by CityReach Latino and VNU's 2006 Hispanic Retail 360 Summit.
  • California Avocado Commission Nets Record-breaking Shipments

    IRVINE, Calif. -- The California Avocado Commission (CAC) here reported record levels of avocado shipments in May, with Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day at all-time highs. The record-breaking trend continued into June, with the second week of June recording an all-time high one-week tally of avocado shipments of just over 22 million pounds, said CAC officials.
  • Fry's to Open New Hispanic Format

    TOLLESON, Ariz. -- Kroger-owned Fry's Saturday will open a new concept store in Phoenix that is designed to serve both the growing Hispanic population in Arizona as well as non-Hispanics who enjoy authentic Mexican and Latin American foods.
  • Supervalu Tags $1B For Cap Ex Purse

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu Inc. here is allocating $1 billion in capital expenditures for its retail operations in fiscal 2007, to revamp existing stores and build several new ones amid continuing integration of the stores it acquired from Albertsons Inc. earlier this month.
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