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  • Price-Impact Format Launched by New Albertsons Subsidiary

    BOISE, Idaho - Extreme, Inc., a new company that will be run as a separate and distinct operating division of Albertsons, Inc., announced yesterday that it plans to expand its Super Saver price-impact stores rapidly in the future through a combination of acquisitions and new store development.

  • Delhaize Group's U.S. Banners Help Drive 2Q Profit

    BRUSSELS - Delhaize Group cited better sales and tighter cost controls yesterday as it reported its second-quarter results, which included net earnings of EUR 81.9 million ($98.3 million), compared to EUR 9.3 million the previous year.

  • Beverage Market Poised to Reach Nearly $100 Billion by 2009: Report

    CHICAGO - The non-alcoholic beverage market is expected to reach $79 billion by the end of 2004, registering an increase of 20 percent during 1999 to 2004, according to a new report from Mintel. By 2009, the market could be worth $98.2 billion, the report suggests.

  • July Sales Lukewarm at Discounters, Steamy At Clubs

    NEW YORK - Grocers' cross-channel competitors offered a mixed bag of July sales reports, with warehouse clubs riding fuel price hikes to the stronger results, while other discounters delivered softer performances in the month.

  • Marsh Plans To Break Ground For Chicago Store By Fall

    INDIANAPOLIS - Marsh Supermarkets is poised to enter the Chicago market with its first Illinois store in Naperville, which is expected to open in 2005, chairman and c.e.o. Don Marsh said during his address to shareholders at the company's annual meeting Aug. 3.

  • California Strike Helps Unified Earnings

    LOS ANGELES - Unified Western Grocers, Inc. here, the largest wholesale grocery distributor in the West, saw improved earnings and a 4.2 percent increase in sales for its third quarter ended June 26.

  • Six Charged in Paraguay Supermarket Fire

    ASUNCION, Paraguay - The co-owner of a supermarket and four security guards were charged with manslaughter for a fire in a Paraguayan supermarket that killed at least 464 people, after a security guard testified he was ordered to lock the store's doors after the fire started, to prevent looting.

  • Wild Oats' Net Income Drops; New Initiatives Offer Potential Lift

    BOULDER, Colo. - Increased direct-store expenses and softer-than-expected sales in the second quarter led to a drop in Wild Oats Markets, Inc.'s second-quarter net income, the company said in an earnings conference call yesterday morning.

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