Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

QUINCY, Mass. and SCARBOROUGH, Maine - Two supermarket operators in New England -- Ahold USA banners Stop & Shop and Giant Food, and Delhaize's Hannaford Bros. Co. are vying to be at the head of the class in health-and-wellness education, with two new nutrition initiatives.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) here presented contribution checks representing its year-round fund-raising efforts for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during the charity's 41st annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon Sept. 3 to Sept. 4 in Las Vegas.

KULPSVILLE, Pa. - Clemens Markets here, the Philadelphia area's largest independent supermarket chain, will be acquired in a two-part deal by Ahold's Carlisle, Pa.-based Giant Food Stores division, and Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The General Merchandise Distributors Council here last week hired Robert W. Hodgin for the newly created position of director of business development, as part of the re-invention of the trade association's GMDC Educational Foundation.

NATICK, Mass. -- Groceries and perishables played a role in BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.'s August 2006 sales rise of 4.4 percent to $624.7 million, from $598.3 million in the year-ago period, the warehouse club retailer said yesterday.

Better-for-you cereals aren't just for the niche players -- mainstream manufacturers are doing more to raise their nutritional profiles, too.

Better-for-you cereals aren't just for the niche players -- mainstream manufacturers are doing more to raise their nutritional profiles, too.

Fisher Foods sells more greeting cards than ever before -- in less space. Here's how.