Research & Analysis

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - SimonDelivers, a pure-play online grocery retailer serving Minnesota, is celebrating five years of serving families and businesses in the metropolitan area with the expansion of its delivery service into the downtown area.

Unified Western Grocers has implemented new warehouse management and yard management systems to ensure that its customers get their products on time, every time.

Giant Eagle mixes creative merchandising, special events, and just plain love to create a pet program that caters to owners as much as animals.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ­ Supermarkets have a tremendous opportunity to increase total store sales by leveraging pharmacy operations, according to a new study released by the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC) Education Foundation during the association's HBC Marketing conference this past weekend.

YORK, Pa. - USA Direct, Inc. and Henny Penny Corp. have launched a custom branded marketing center which enables the equipment manufacturer's and marketer's distributors to create professional direct mail programs without an in-house marketing department or an expensive agency.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons, Inc. said yesterday that Paul T. Gannon has been named chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Gannon most recently served as president and c.e.o. of the company's Shaw's division, based in East Bridgewater, Mass. Albertsons acquired Shaw's in April 2004.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. has undergone a series of executive changes, including the retirement of 40-year company veteran Robert E. Zincke, e.v.p. of merchandising strategy, and the appointment of Mark Prestidge to v.p. of operations for Kroger's Houston-based Southwest Division.

PITTSBURGH - Giant Eagle, Inc. is in the process of introducing an expanded line of branded products in additional categories, including specialty Mediterranean and natural and organic foods, and a new Valu Time line of products storewide.