Center Store

Target to Boost Food Offering in Traditional Stores
MINNEAPOLIS - Target Corp. hopes to boost sales and drive traffic by expanding the food offerings in its namesake stores, according to a report in the Star Tribune.
Everybody Loves Albertsons' New Spokesperson
BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons Inc. announced today that Patricia Heaton, actress, author and Emmy-winning co-star of television's "Everybody Loves Raymond," will become the company's national spokesperson. She will be featured in Albertsons advertising, beginning with national TV spots that will start airing in late June 2003.

PG PROFILE - Safeway: Back to Basics

A high-flyer of the Nineties, the chain has been stung by competition, the economy, and its own acquisitions. Now it's focusing on business fundamentals to revitalize its top and bottom lines.
Supermarket NONFOODS Business: Image marketing

With sales of digital cameras poised to surpass those of traditional models, Lunds/Byerly's is already capitalizing on in-store print-making.
RETAIL INNOVATORS: Pioneering at the POS

Many manufacturers said it couldn't be done, but Hannaford's c.i.o. persevered until he had a Linux-based point-of-sale system whose hardware has no moving parts.
Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Feeding the protein people

Atkins dieters could be a meat manager's best friends, but so far there's been little effort to target this ready-made customer base.
Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Oreos in California

SAN FRANCISCO -- A public interestlawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking to ban the sale of Oreo cookies to children in California because they contain trans fats.
Supermarket GROCERY Business: Pedal to the kettle

Ready-to-serve canned soups have shifted into high gear, propelled by a high-octane mix of new consumer choices.
Fruit fly larvae detected in Mexican peppers

PINELLAS PARK, FLA. -- Several suspected larvae of the Mexican fruit fly have been detected in Manzano peppers from two produce markets in Pinellas County, according to Florida's agriculture commissioner Charles Bronson.
Wild Oats 1Q Net Income More than Doubles from Last Year

BOULDER, Colo. - Wild Oats Markets Inc., a leading national natural and organic foods retailer, announced that financial results for its first quarter ended March 29, 2003 generated net income of $1.4 million, or $0.05 per share, on first quarter sales of $236.0 million.

Target to Boost Food Offering in Traditional Stores

Everybody Loves Albertsons' New Spokesperson

PG PROFILE - Safeway: Back to Basics

Supermarket NONFOODS Business: Image marketing

RETAIL INNOVATORS: Pioneering at the POS

Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Feeding the protein people

Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Oreos in California

Supermarket GROCERY Business: Pedal to the kettle

Fruit fly larvae detected in Mexican peppers

Wild Oats 1Q Net Income More than Doubles from Last Year

Related Topics