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  • Stater Bros. Posts Flat Q1 Sales
    For its first quarter of fiscal 2010 ended Dec. 27, 2009, Stater Bros. Holdings, Inc.’s supermarket sales were relatively flat, decreasing 1.11 percent from the same period in the prior year.

  • Kings Super Markets Opts for Guiding Stars
    Upscale grocer Kings Super Markets, Inc. is rolling out the good-better-best nutrition rating system “Guiding Stars” in all 24 of its grocery stores, which are located in New Jersey and Long Island, N.Y.

  • All Hormel-branded Products Marketed in Single Campaign
    For the first time in its 119-year history, Hormel Foods will market its extensive portfolio of Hormel-branded products in a single campaign.

  • Former Ukrop’s Stores to Operate Under Martin’s Banner
    Ahold’s Giant-Carlisle division said yesterday it has completed its acquisition of 25 Ukrop’s Super Markets in the greater Richmond and Williamsburg, Va., area, adding that the locations will begin operating under the Martin’s banner this spring.

  • Wegmans, Costco Top Consumer Survey
    Wegmans Food Markets and Costco, Inc. have been chosen the best grocery retailers in a consumer survey conducted by global customer intelligence solutions company Market Force Information, Inc.

  • NGA Live: Shopper Research Revealed
    The 2010 National Grocers Association-SupermarketGuru Consumer Panel survey illustrates the opportunities that abound this year — if grocers are ready to take their cues from their customers.

  • PROGRESSIVE GROCER EXCLUSIVE ONLINE ARTICLE: Chocolate Trends
    Despite the gloom of the recession that enveloped the nation last year, with its impact still being felt, U.S. consumers haven’t given up on chocolate, even as they cut back on other frills and took steps to curtail spending in virtually every way possible.

  • China Set to Overtake U.S. as Biggest Grocery Market: Report
    China is poised to surpass the United States for the first time as the largest grocery market in the world by 2014, according to IGD, a global food and grocery expert providing information, insight and best practice to the food and grocery industry.
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