Food Retailers

The California Grocers Association said it’s against legislation passed Monday in the State Senate that would effectively ban assisted checkout systems in supermarkets, and has urged Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto the bill.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P), and Pepperidge Farm have launched a month-long joint coupon program across 175 A&P, Pathmark, and Waldbaums supermarkets across the New York metro area and Connecticut using in-store TOMRA recycling machines as a coupon delivery platform.

Deal covers 2,000 associates in 18 stores

Weis Markets has debuted the Market Street deli line.

Regional independent Save Mart Supermarkets has renewed its subscription to its existing deal management software service, which it uses to streamline how it receives, negotiates, reconciles, and archives trade promotions with its vendors through a secure, Web-based environment.
 

Open-market layout delivers one-stop shopping

The seasonal promotion enables Buffalo Bills fans to save.

A Fresh Experience 2010 to attract 1,300 attendees