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Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

  • COVER STORY: Mass appeal

    With Wal-Mart gung ho on organics, suppliers and retailers alike will need to rethink their strategies.
  • NONFOODS: Critical Issues: A plan for all seasons

    In a new industry study, GMDC says grocers can boost GM sales if they seize the seasonal opportunity more aggressively.
  • GROCERY: Healthy Snacks: Fast learners

    Healthy snack manufacturers and retailers have started wooing the back-to-school market with new products, packaging, promotions, and displays.
  • GS1 Releases Data Quality Framework

    BRUSSELS, Belgium and LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- GS1, the not-for-profit organization that develops global standards for the identification of goods and services across supply chains, yesterday issued the GS1 Data Quality Framework, which includes a best-practice protocol for companies to establish, implement, maintain, and improve their data quality management systems.
  • Pandemic Flu Preparedness Added to 2006 NRF Loss Prevention Conference Agenda

    WASHINGTON -- With the threat of avian flu carrying the potential to disrupt business practices worldwide, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has added a special session exploring this potential pandemic to the programming at its 2006 Loss Prevention Conference and Exhibition, June 5-7 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.
  • Wal-Mart to Be First in India: Report

    WATFORD, England -- International food and grocery research firm IGD here has forecast in a report that Wal-Mart will be the first global retailer to enter the Indian food and grocery retail market. Although the Indian retail sector, which is worth U.S. $203 billion according to the firm, is now closed to foreign direct investment, the government could allow international retailers to enter the market in the next year.
  • Ralphs to Help Raise $4 Million to Fight Hunger

    LOS ANGELES -- As part of its continued commitment to fighting hunger in the local community, Kroger-owned Ralphs Grocery Co. plans to mark National Hunger Awareness Day on June 6th with donations of cash and food totaling $4 million.
  • Kroger Opens Third Ohio Marketplace

    CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here cut the ribbon a 101,000-square-foot Marketplace format store in Dublin, Ohio, which marks the third such unit in the central part of the state. Kroger's other area Marketplace stores, which combine general merchandise with grocery, are located in Clintonville and Columbus.
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