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Kallie Arroyo does some pre-Thanksiving shopping at Whole Foods in Roseville to find ingredients for a new cranberry dressing recipe she will practice making before the holiday.
Winn-Dixie Promotes Four Execs
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has reordered its executive leadership to guide its retail operations and development departments.
Jamba names ex-Safeway executive CEO
Jamba Inc. has appointed a former Safeway Inc. executive as Emeryville-based Jamba's new president and chief executive officer.
Whole Foods delays store for Boise till at least 2010
Find the advertising that appears in the print edition of the Idaho Statesman. Whole Foods delays store for Boise till at least 2010 The natural foods grocery chain is to anchora mixed-use development Downtown.
Nash Finch Continues Its Pledge to Nurture Tomorrowa s Leaders by...
Nash-Finch Company , a Minneapolis-based food distributor, believes that books are more than paper and ink; they are passports to a better life.
Gift cards may be popular for necessities
Forget the wish list. Shoppers may be giving the gift of necessity this holiday season, buying up cards for gas, groceries and even utilities to help friends and family through lean times.
Nash Finch Sued Over Avanza Checkout Add-On Charges
Three shoppers have filed lawsuits in two district courts against Nash Finch Co., alleging that the advertising practices of its three Avanza Supermarkets in Colorado were "inconspicuous, misleading, confusing ...
Sweet Black Friday shopping deals leaking out
With anticipation swirling around Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, stores are releasing their usually top secret day-after-Thanksgiving-sale-circulars early.
Whole Foods Market Selects the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) as...
Whole Foods MarketA Selects the Institute for Marketecology as One of Three Certifiers for Whole Trade Guarantee Program 2008-11-20 16:11:04 - The Institute for Marketecology , one of the first and most ...
Prices for oil, corn and wheat have been dropping for months, but food prices in the supermarket are climbing.
Customers Accuse Supermarket Of Misleading Pricing
Three Denver residents have filed lawsuits alleging that the company that runs Avanza Supermarkets tricked shoppers into paying more for their groceries.
Metro stores rings up higher profit, sees decent Christmas
Supermarket heavyweight Metro Inc. saw its fourth-quarter earnings shoot up by 25 per cent and now expects to have a decent Christmas despite the tough economic climate, the company said Wednesday.
Economic slowdown helps grocers
Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 12:57. Grocery stores have emerged as a bright spot, posting steady or increased sales at a time when almost all other areas -- including auto dealers, furniture retailers ...
Kroger and Murray's Cheese Launch Partnership
Artisan cheese purveyor Murray's Cheese and retail grocery chain The Kroger Co. announced the opening today of the new Kenwood Towne Place Kroger store in Cincinnati, Ohio, featuring a Murray's Cheese ...
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Woolworths considers selling retail business
Woolworths Group PLC's shares fell 13 percent Wednesday after the company confirmed it is considering selling its retail business.
'The board can confirm that it is in preliminary discussions regarding a possible offer for the retail business,' the company said in a statement. 'There can be no assurance that any offer will be forthcoming.'
The chain of stores _ which sells goods including electrical appliances, homewares and computer games _ declined to name the possible buyer. However, Britain's Times newspaper said Woolworths was in discussions with Hilco UK Limited, a firm that buys underperforming retail businesses and turns them around for profit.
North American stock markets in positive territory
Stock markets were in positive territory Tuesday morning as investors hunted for direction in the face of an uncertain economy.
Nestle Prepared Foods Company is recalling a frozen food only carried by Harris Teeter.
Kroger expands with biggest "Fresh Fare" store
The Kroger Co. opened its biggest "Fresh Fare" store yet Tuesday, and plans more of the stores aimed at luring eat-at-home and natural foods shoppers.
George Weston profit flat at $179M
George Weston Ltd. has reported flat third-quarter net earnings of $179 million, as sales increased 4.4 per cent from a year earlier to $10.61 billion.
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Carrefour SA said Tuesday it will replace its chief executive with a former top manager at Switzerland's Nestle SA, the culmination of long-simmering tensions over the French retail giant's performance and strategy.
Carrefour's board named Swede Lars Olofsson to replace outgoing CEO Jose Luis Duran, effective Jan. 1, the latest in a string of executive ousters at the top of France's corporate world.
Speculation over Duran's future at Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer after Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has mounted since last year when the company's long-standing top shareholder ceded its position to a consortium controlled by French billionaire Bernard Arnault and a U.S. private-equity firm, Colony Capital.