Nonfoods

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. -- Joe Caccamo, president and c.e.o., has retired from member-owned grocery cooperative Central Grocers, Inc. here, while Jim Denges, former v.p./assistant general manager has been promoted to succeed him.

BETHPAGE, N.Y -- King Kullen here has opened a new energy-efficient supermarket in the Southgate Shopping Center in Massapequa Park, N.Y. on Long Island. Featuring expanded food and specialty selections, the 51,000-square-foot store is the grocer¿s fourth-largest location on Long Island.

CHICAGO -- A profound shift in the competitive landscape is creating new growth opportunities for retailers, especially drug stores, once hammered by their supercenter rivals, according to a new report from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) here.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Two brothers who own Super Foodtown supermarkets in the New Jersey counties of Morris and Essex this week pleaded guilty to running a four-year coupon redemption scam that allegedly yielded them and a female accomplice over $1 million.

SEATTLE -- Online retailing giant Amazon expanded its food delivery service yesterday in a pilot that includes fresh foods, dubbed Amazon Fresh.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegman Food Markets, Inc. here is reportedly debuting a novel HBC service in its DeWitt location in Fayetteville, N.Y.: An esthetician is joining the store's staff.

CHICAGO -- A profound shift in the competitive landscape is creating new growth opportunities for retailers, especially drug stores, once hammered by their supercenter rivals, according to a new report from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) here.

MANITOWOC, Wis. -- Lakeside Foods, Inc. based here initiated a voluntary recall of 15,000 cases of 14.5-ounce French Style Green Beans-including store brand labels for Kroger, Schnuck Markets, Supervalu-Albertson's, HEB and other grocers-because some of the products might have been under-processed and some cans may have leaked, and thus raise a risk of botulism.