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- March 10, 2010
- Meyer Natural Realigns to Better ‘Meat’ Retailers’ Natural Needs
- Meyer Natural Foods, parent company of Laura’s Lean Beef and Meyer Natural Angus, used this week’s Annual Meat Conference in Orlando, Fla., as the launchpad to debut its new go-to-market strategy as the one-stop solution for naturally raised beef.
- March 10, 2010
- Food Lion Names Store Manager of the Year
- Food Lion banners and Bottom Dollar Food have honored Emory Turner with its 2009 Store Manager Excellence Award.
- March 10, 2010
- Schwarzenegger Signs Calif. Beverage-recycling Relief Bill
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation supported by the California Grocers Association (CGA) that aims to restore the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Program and Fund to solvency through June.
- March 10, 2010
- Ingles Approves 1 Million-Share Repurchase Program
- The board of directors of Ingles Markets, Inc. has authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million shares of its Class A and Class B Common Stock.
- March 10, 2010
- Supervalu Divests Store Fixtures Unit
- Supervalu, Inc. has sold its Payson Store Fixtures division to Boston-based DGS Retail Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to Quazar Capital Corp., the Minneapolis-based investment banking firm that represented Payson on the deal.
- 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.
