Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- With the summer months and their attendant stress on the power grid approaching, regional grocery chain Big Y Foods, Inc. here enrolled six southwestern Connecticut stores in a new energy demand response program, developed to help ease the burden placed on power suppliers during peak times.

MILWAUKEE -- Roundy's, Inc. today said that its board of directors has approved changing the corporate name to Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc.

Grocers should bone up on what's hot for back-to-school, to exploit key food and nonfoods business during the season's window of opportunity.

Diversity management is evolving from the right thing to do into a competitive advantage.

With successful pilots and an effective customization tool, Ahold's Rhonda Horn has been making the business case for global data synchronization at her company's disparate units.

SHANGHAI, China -- Companies looking to do business in China might want to mark Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 on their calendars, as those are the dates that VNU, Progressive Grocer's parent company, will present Merchandise China 2005, an event that facilitates buying general merchandise, gifts, decorative accessories, fashion accessories, and toys from the mammoth country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Grocery Manufacturers of America here is joining forces with the Kroger Co. to support America's Second Harvest -- The Nation's Food Bank Network during the hunger relief organization's 25th anniversary. The two groups will host a charity golf tournament benefiting America's Second Harvest during GMA's MSM (Marketing Sales Merchandising) Conference, Oct. 11, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.

NEW YORK -- The only conference and trade show focused at helping retailers maximize their business with the growing Hispanic market will make its debut this fall, at a time when supermarkets around the country are rushing to better serve their Latino shoppers.