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  • Yoke's Is First U.S. Grocer With 100% Degradable Plastic Bags
    SPOKANE, Wash. -- At a time when San Francisco and some other cities are considering imposing fees on grocery bags to cut down on pollution from bag waste, Yoke's Fresh Markets here is set to become the first grocery chain in the nation to offer 100 percent degradable plastic bags that the company says are just as strong as nondegradable bags and can still be reused.

  • Albertson's Four-Step Success Plan
    NEW YORK -- While many of the banners under Boise, Idaho-based grocer Albertson's umbrella may feel like local grocers to shoppers, it is the unified action taking place behind the scenes that will sharpen the retail conglomerates competitive edge in coming years, Felicia Thornton, the company's e.v.p. and c.f.o. told attendees at the Banc of America Securities 2005 Consumer Conference yesterday.

  • Kroger Thinking Big to Fight Big Foes
    NEW YORK -- Kroger Co. intends to throw its own weight around to compete against big supercenter competition, said the chain's c.f.o., Michael Schlotman, yesterday at the Banc of America Securities 2005 Consumer Conference here.

  • Yoke's Is First U.S. Grocer With 100% Degradable Plastic Bags
    SPOKANE, Wash. -- At a time when San Francisco and some other cities are considering imposing fees on grocery bags to cut down on pollution from bag waste, Yoke's Fresh Markets here is set to become the first grocery chain in the nation to offer 100 percent degradable plastic bags that the company says are just as strong as nondegradable bags and can still be reused.

  • Josefowicz To Vacate Spartan Board in August
    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich -- Gregory Josefowicz, president and c.e.o. of Borders Group, will leave his board position at Spartan Stores, Inc. later this year during the distributor's annual shareholder meeting Aug. 10.

  • Whole Foods Market Opens Third Unit in Manhattan
    NEW YORK -- Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market opened its doors across from Manhattan's Union Square Park here yesterday, with a uniquely-designed three-story unit at the location of a former Bradlee's discount department store.

  • Josefowicz To Vacate Spartan Board in August
    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich -- Gregory Josefowicz, president and c.e.o. of Borders Group, will leave his board position at Spartan Stores, Inc. later this year during the distributor's annual shareholder meeting Aug. 10.

  • Whole Foods Market Opens Third Unit in Manhattan
    NEW YORK -- Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market opened its doors across from Manhattan's Union Square Park here yesterday, with a uniquely-designed three-story unit at the location of a former Bradlee's discount department store.
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