Supervalu News

The Eden Prairie-based grocery company said the transition is underway at its Cub Foods chain and the rest of its company-owned stores.

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Whole Foods Market Inc. A reported net income above Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter.A Net income for Whole Foods Market Inc.A rose to $118.3 million vs.

Acme Markets' corporate parent, Supervalu Inc., announced Tuesday it would cut 800 jobs across the country by the end of its fiscal year Feb.

SuperValu announced plans to reduce its national workforce by an estimated 800 positions.

Belle Foods LLC is buying Southern Family Markets' 57 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, according to the Birmingham News.

Supervalu Inc. is eliminating 800 jobs from its corporate and regional offices nationwide as part of a yearlong effort to cut costs and offer more competitive grocery prices, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports.

An estimated 10 Farm Fresh employees will lose their jobs as part of a restructuring by Supervalu Inc., which owns the Hampton Roads supermarket chain and announced plans Tuesday to lay off 800 workers across the company.

Coca-Cola gives a sweet forecast at a sugar conference in Dubai. The goal is to increase net revenues to over $200 billion by 2020.

About 25 jobs will be in the Philadelphia area, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday.

Jewel-Osco is cutting 20 positions at its Itasca headquarters as part of a companywide restructuring by parent company Supervalu that will eliminate 800 jobs, the grocer said Tuesday.

Struggling Eden Prairie-based supermarket giant Supervalu said Tuesday that it will cut 800 corporate jobs nationwide, including about 200 in the Twin Cities or about 7 percent of its corporate workforce here.

Supervalu, Inc. has announced plans to reduce its national workforce by an estimated 800 positions.

Last month, the Federal Reserve announced it would keep its target for the federal funds rate at "exceptionally low" levels at least through late 2014.A The Fed has maintained its zero interest rate policy since late 2008.A While the loose monetary policy is intended to boost the fragile economy, it is causing serious problems for pension plans.

SuperValu reported a $750 million loss on January 11th. This loss was partially due to good will accounting, but many analysts saw it as an indication of the company's inability to turnaround in the midst of rising competition and shrinking margins.

Several quarters ago, SuperValu was discussed on this site as a potential opportunity for regular investors to participate in what looked like a leveraged-buyout type investment play.

The Street currently rates shares of Safeway and Supervalu closer to a "sell" and shares of Korger a "buy". In general, while I also prefer Kroger, I am considerably more bullish versus consensus on Safeway and Supervalu based on my multiples analysis and DCF model.

For these supermarket giants, paying more attention to prices would better support stock valuations -- if it's not too late.

A couple weeks ago, I came across an article here on Seeking Alpha that piqued my interest in a stock I would normally skim over without paying any mind.

In this article, I analyze five of the latest analyst downgrades. Avon and Colgate-Palmolive are losing profitability due to changes in the currency market.