Media

March 9, 2010
Peapod Aims to Eradicate Food Deserts: Internet grocer Peapod has joined forces with Chicago-based sustainable communities group Neighbor Capital and food desert researcher Mari Gallagher to look at ways to expand delivery to communities where a dearth of full-service grocery stores makes it difficult to obtain quality fresh food.

March 9, 2010
Weis Markets’ Hanover, PA., Store Gets GreenChill Silver: Sunbury, Pa.-based regional independent Weis Markets’ Hanover, Pa., store has earned silver certification from the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, a voluntary Environmental Protection Agency alliance with food retailers to reduce refrigerant emissions and decrease their impact on the ozone layer and climate change.

March 9, 2010
‘Difficult Operating Environment’ Causes Kroger Q4 Net Earnings to Plunge: The Kroger Co. yesterday posted an increase of total sales, including fuel, of 7.2 percent to $18.6 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 ended Jan. 30, 2010, vs. $17.3 billion for the same period last year.

March 9, 2010
Kroger Southwest Launches Value Campaign: Kroger’s Southwest Division is reaffirming its commitment to offering value-added products and services for its shoppers with a new marketing and advertising campaign launched this week across the division’s 209 stores.

March 9, 2010
Spires Resigns as Acme Markets President: Judy Spires, president of Supervalu’s 124-store Philadelphia-based Acme Markets subsidiary for the past four years, is leaving the company where she began her career as a clerk this Friday, March 12, to pursue a new career opportunity with a new employer.

March 9, 2010
Stagnito Acquires Nielsen Business Media’s Progressive Grocer: Acquisition of the Retail Food Group from Nielsen includes The Gourmet Retailer and Convenience Store News magazines.

March 9, 2010
Shopping Behavior to Shift in New Marketplace: Report: With new shopping behavior data and demographic trends heralding a lasting shift in the wake of the recent recession, retailers and suppliers will have to adapt to consumers’ new shopping patterns to thrive in the marketplace currently and during the post-recession recovery, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) and Retail Forward, a company of global retail insights and consulting business Kantar Retail.

March 8, 2010
All Things Organic, Natural Products Expo East to Co-Locate: All Things Organic, the organic community’s biggest business and educational conference in North America, will co-locate with Natural Products Expo East, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA) which added that the events would be held together for at least seven years.

March 8, 2010
Alaska Seafood Set to Certify All Commercial Fisheries: The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has chosen Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to perform an independent third-party certification of Alaska’s fisheries management systems.

March 8, 2010
Stater Bros. to open 13 Chase Full-Service In-Store Banking Branches: JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to open 13 new full-service Chase bank branches in Stater Bros. Supermarkets in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties by mid-year, bringing Chase to more 730 branches in California. Five of the locations opened yesterday.