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  • Report: Kings May Be on Block Again

    PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The on-again, off-again sale of Kings Super Markets may be on again, as turmoil hits British owner Marks & Spencer, according to a report in the Newark Star-Ledger newspaper.
  • 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.
  • Retailers, Wholesalers Urge Congress to Enact Voluntary COOL Law

    WASHINGTON - Food retailers and wholesalers across the United States are requesting that Congress replace what they call a costly and unworkable mandatory country-of-origin labeling law with a voluntary program proposed in bipartisan legislation introduced today by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Ranking Member Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.
  • Report: CPG Industry Sales Continue to Rebound

    WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The CPG industry's financial performance in 2003 continued to rebound as median net sales rose nearly two percentage points to 6.5 percent from 4.6 percent in 2002, and returns on sales and assets continued to climb for most companies, according to a study released during GMA's Executive Conference here.
  • Kroger May Buy Some Thriftway Stores

    CINCINNATI - Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. said last week that it had reached a tentative deal to buy some of the Thriftway stores here that are slated to close within the next year, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
  • Price Chopper Launches Program for Seniors

    ALBANY, N.Y. - Supermarket chain Price Chopper, together with Senior Services of Albany, has launched a program designed to offer the region's senior citizens access to discounted goods and services from a wide variety of service providers, restaurants, and retail outlets.
  • Kraft to Use 'South Beach' Trademark

    CHICAGO - Kraft Foods, Inc. said yesterday it has reached a deal to use the South Beach diet's trademark to appeal to carb-conscious dieters, according to Reuters.
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