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  • Seafood Vendor Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading in Ahold Case

    COLUMBIA, Md. -- Rhode Island resident Brady Schofield, owner of Seafood Marketing Specialists, which supplied Ahold-owned U.S. Foodservice here, yesterday pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in New York to six counts of insider trading and one count of conspiracy to falsify records, according to published reports. After entering his plea, Schofield expressed remorse for his actions.
  • Giant Eagle Launches New Gas Discount Pilot, Cuts HBC Prices

    PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here is beginning a four-week test today of a program that will award additional fuel discounts to shoppers at 81 of its Pennsylvania stores. The new gas discount pilot, Bonus fuelperks, will be layered on top of the regional market leader's existing self-funded fuelperks! rewards program, which gives Advantage loyalty cardholders 10 cents off a gallon gas at Giant Eagle's GetGo c-stores for every $50 spent.
  • Supervalu Successfully Syncs 500 Suppliers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Supervalu is now successfully synchronizing supply chain data with 500 suppliers using the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)-certified 1SYNC Data Pool solution, the company said at the U Connect Conference here yesterday.
  • Coca-Cola Adopts Environmentally-Friendly Refrigeration Units

    ATLANTA -- Now consumers can have a Coke and a breath of fresh air, as The Coca-Cola Company has completed its transition to HFC-Free insulation for 98 percent of all new purchases of refrigerated sales and marketing equipment.
  • A&P to Extend Insignia POPSign Program

    MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here has signed a three-year corporate agreement with Minneapolis-based Insignia Systems, Inc. to extend its participation in the Insignia POPSign program.
  • Global Berry Farms' Web Site Offers Real-time Resources

    NAPLES, Fla. -- Need to know the weather in Chile? Got it. What about up-to-date growing conditions for strawberries? Got that, too. Global Berry Farms here, marketer of the Naturipe brand, has launched a new Web site www.globalberryfarms.com -- that will provide retailer customers with a one-stop fresh berry shop.
  • The Big Deal Is Done: Albertsons Dissection Goes Through Without a Hitch

    MINNEAPOLIS -- It's official: Supervalu here has completed the $12 billion acquisition of the premier retail properties of Albertsons, which includes Acme Markets, Bristol Farms, Jewel, Shaw's Supermarkets, Star Markets, and Albertsons banner stores in the Intermountain West, Northwest and Southern California regions. The deal also includes related in-store pharmacies operating under the Osco Drug and Sav-on banners.
  • Planet Organic Health Corp. Closes Buy of Ontario Operator

    EDMONTON, Alta. -- Natural and organic retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. yesterday closed the acquisition of Healthy's Nutrition Centres, a seven store health food store operator in the greater Toronto area.
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