Research & Analysis

AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Markets said yesterday its second quarter profit rose 26 percent to $25.6 million, or 41 cents a share, from $20.2 million, or 34 cents a share, a year ago.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- On Sunday Boston Market here launched a new upscale restaurant concept called Boston Market's Rotisserie Grill.

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK - A probe into a damaging accounting scandal at Dutch retail giant Ahold will lay the blame on just a few middle managers at its U.S. Foodservice unit, a source told Reuters on Wednesday.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Leading natural and specialty foods marketer and distributor Tree of Life Inc. has announced a strategic realignment designed to keep pace with increases in demand for its products and unprecedented consolidation among its retail customers.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has announced its plans to promote Frank Lazaran to the positions of CEO and president. Lazaran, currently COO of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based supermarket company, is scheduled to assume his new positions on June 26, 2003.

TUCSON, Ariz. - TCI Solutions Inc., a provider of enterprise software for grocery chains, announced that Hiller's has installed TCI HQ in its corporate headquarters to enhance e-business interactions with its vendor community.

AMSTERDAM - Troubled supermarket and food service company Royal Ahold NV ended its two-month search for a new chairman and chief executive Friday, naming a former Ikea International CEO to the job.

AKRON, Ohio - Bolognue Management Co., based here, will sell six of its Giant Eagle franchises outright to the Pittsburgh-based food retailer.