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  • GROCERY: Paper trail

    The paper goods aisle absorbs consumers with innovation, catchy graphics, and new products, despite competition from other classes, and a pending price hike.
  • RETAIL INNOVATOR: That's an order

    Following a successful pilot, United Supermarkets rolls ahead with a knowledge-based computer-automated ordering system.
  • INDEPENDENTS REPORT: Where the heart is

    The IGA Global Summit offers an invaluable opportunity to gain important business insights, without ever shortchanging the human dimension.
  • French Company Opens Its First Asian Outlet

    BEIJING - Europe's biggest fresh food supermarket operator, Champion, introduced a new form of business here yesterday with the opening of its first Asian outlet, according to China Daily.
  • Winn-Dixie Plans to Shut 156 Stores

    NEW YORK - Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit yesterday on mediocre sales, and the Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocery chain announced it will streamline its operations by closing 156 stores, a strategy which will affect 10 percent of its work force, according to Reuters.
  • Safeway Names EVP/Chief Marketing Officer

    PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway Inc. today announced the appointment of Brian C. Cornell as the company's new executive vice president, chief marketing officer. Cornell, 45, will oversee the company's marketing, merchandising, manufacturing and distribution.
  • Orthodox Union to Honor Wakefern and Campbell Soup Company

    NEW YORK - The Orthodox Union has announced it will honor Wakefern Food Corportation and the Campbell Soup Company at its 106th Anniversary National Dinner on May 16 at the New York Marriot Marquis Hotel.
  • Supermarkets Sued Over Salmon Marketing

    MADISON, Wis. - Two men who say they were deceived into thinking they were buying wild salmon when they were really getting farm-raised fish have filed separate but similar lawsuits in Dane County Circuit Court, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
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