Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

With able relatives to help run his four-store operation, Alabama's Greg Calhoun lends some of his talents to the FMI board and to charity.

Manufacturers strive to meet the diverse needs of value, premium, and natural hair care customers.

TRENTON, N.J. - Raising cigarette taxes will only lead to broader tax increases across all categories, according to the Enough Already Coalition, a group of New Jersey convenience store operators, retail trade associations, and tobacco companies.

NEW YORK - The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today affirmed the U.S. District Court's decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Philip Morris USA's Retail Leaders merchandising program.

CARTERET, N.J. and TORRANCE, Calif.- Pathmark Stores Inc. has signed on with Agribuys Inc., a leading provider of supply chain management software and services targeted specifically for the fresh foods industry, to use Fresh Foods Link.

CHICAGO - McDonald's Corp. on Thursday became the first major fast-food chain to ask its meat suppliers to phase out the routine use of growth-promoting antibiotics in animals.

INDIANAPOLIS - Marsh Supermarkets has begun offering online coupons at its Web site, www.marsh.net. The coupons are being provided through SmartSource Interactive Group.

MILAN, Ill. - Eagle Food Centers Inc., which owns and operates 59 supermarkets in Illinois and Iowa, announced today that it will commence a sale of substantially all of the assets of its operating units through competitive bidding procedures under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.