Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Fleming Files $1.4 Billion Claim in Kmart Bankruptcy Case
CHICAGO - Fleming Cos. has filed a $1.4 billion prepetition claim in Kmart Corp.'s bankruptcy case, seeking payment for profits it believes would have occurred under a canceled contract, a spokesman said Thursday.
SEC Filing Suggests Ahold Troubles May Date Back To 2000
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Royal Ahold NV told federal regulators on Thursday that its accountant, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, no longer stands behind its audits for 2000 and 2001. The latest announcement raises questions about whether problems with the company's financial statements began earlier than had been acknowledged.

Kmart Faces $1.5 Billion in Claims by Fleming

NEW YORK - Food supplier Fleming filed nearly $1.5 billion in claims Tuesday against former client Kmart and expects to file an additional claim with the bankruptcy court today.
Fleming CEO Out, Interim Successor Named

DALLAS - Fleming Companies Inc. on Monday said Mark Hansen, its chairman and CEO since 1998, has resigned. The company named Peter S. Willmott as interim CEO and president and Archie R. Dykes as non-executive chairman of the board, effective immediately.
Kroger, Unilever and Acosta Win Inaugural Consumer 360 Awards

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Kroger, Unilever and Acosta Sales & Marketing Company today were named winners of the inaugural Consumer 360 awards, co-sponsored by Progressive Grocer and two other VNU Business Media magazines, Brandweek and Retail Merchandiser.
ACNielsen and Spectra Open Inaugural VNU Consumer 360 Conference

PHOENIX, Ariz. - More than 1,000 attendees packed today's opening session of the first-ever Consumer 360 Conference, hosted by ACNielsen U.S. and Spectra Marketing, companies of VNU.
TECHNOLOGY: Big number blues

It's not a Y2K-level headache, but the move to a larger scanning code will demand major hardware and software upgrades over the next two years.
Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Controversy of origin

The industry is sounding off about upcoming country-of-origin labeling regulations, but there appears to be little chance of easing the burdens they will bring.
The in-store safety imperative

Retailers can't do anything to keep E. coli out of a batch of frozen hamburgers. But there's plenty they should be doing to make their perishables departments safer for valued shoppers.
Supermarket GROCERY Business: Uncorking profit potential

Alcoholic beverages can be a supermarket cash cow -- if they are merchandised correctly.

Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Fleming Files $1.4 Billion Claim in Kmart Bankruptcy Case

SEC Filing Suggests Ahold Troubles May Date Back To 2000

Kmart Faces $1.5 Billion in Claims by Fleming

Fleming CEO Out, Interim Successor Named

Kroger, Unilever and Acosta Win Inaugural Consumer 360 Awards

ACNielsen and Spectra Open Inaugural VNU Consumer 360 Conference

TECHNOLOGY: Big number blues

Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Controversy of origin

The in-store safety imperative

Supermarket GROCERY Business: Uncorking profit potential

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