Research & Analysis

WASHINGTON, DC - The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and UCCnet will present Collaborative E-Commerce: An Implementation Summit, Oct. 23-25 in Phoenix, Az.

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Mexican supermarket chain Gigante is setting its sights on becoming the supermarket of choice for Latino customers in the United States, according to a report by The Orange County Register.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Lowes Foods has become the second regional chain to offer irradiated fresh, ground beef to consumers at 48 of its 105 stores.

LONDON - UK supermarket giant Safeway PLC on Friday dismissed speculation from press reports saying the group may be about to become the target of a takeover offer by Wal-Mart-owned Asda Group PLC.

MINNEAPOLIS - FEMSA, the operator of 1,800 convenience stores and 40 supermarkets in Mexico, has chosen Retek Inc. to help streamline its retail operations.

LEWISVILLE, Texas - Some of Fleming's vendors have complained that the grocery distributor is taking what they say are exaggerated deductions from their bills, spotlighting the tug-of-war that goes on in the low-margin businesses of manufacturing, distributing and selling grocery products to independent supermarkets.

NEW YORK - Shares of Pathmark Stores Inc. slumped after an analyst at C.L. King & Associates cut his earnings estimates for the grocer and downgraded the stock from a "buy" to a "neutral" rating, according to a Dow Jones report.

NEW YORK - Supermarket stocks dropped the farthest in an all-out plummet of retail stocks last week, and forecasts call for an even broader market decline, according to a report from CBS MarketWatch.