Supervalu News

We previously held a long position in SuperValu , having purchased shares in early 2011 and selling the shares in early June at a 10% profit.

The reasons for this optimism are that Supervalu realized significant cost savings and had other restructurings in 2011, which, I believe, will start factoring in earnings and the share price during the second half of 2012 and into 2013.

A few years ago, when I lived up in the Seattle area, one of my good friends Ian and I set forth on a two-day trip to go mushroom hunting out in the woods off I-90. If you want the honest-to-God truth, I was a bit skeptical of the whole trip to begin with.

In 2012, SUPERVALU Inc. shares are down 42.12 percent. It's been a tough month for the company as its stock has left the S&P 500 Index and is down 25 percent.

Richfood, the venerable Southern brand launched by Richmond Food Stores in 1955, will disappear from grocery stores early next year.

This three part report from Traverse City, Michigan is unique in that much of the information it contains is not available from any other source that I know of.

Workers at a St. Paul Aldi store are slated to vote next month on whether to unionize in a rare labor challenge to the discount retailer.

I like to invest in dividend stocks with a big-dividend yield. Unfortunately, high-yielding stocks with adequate growth rates and safe dividends are very rare and highly priced.

Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Grocery Stores industry and are offering free analytical research on Safeway Inc.

Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Grocery Stores industry and are offering free analytical research on Safeway Inc.

Note: Herkert's base salary has been the same since he was hired three years ago, but in the proxy statement the company filed on Friday it disclosed that the board has approved a $75,000 increase in base salary for fiscal 2013.

Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about companies for which stock analysts either upgraded or downgraded the shares on May 21st: Supervalu : Longbow upgraded its rating on this company from Neutral to Buy and changed its price target to $8. ServiceSource Intl : Feltl & Co.

According to the latest data from Barron's , Supervalu is the 5th-most shorted individual stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

Safeway Inc. : Deutsche Bank believes slowing inflation and challenging industry volume trends could make it difficult for struggling retailers Safeway , Wal-Mart and SuperValu to post sales improvements as 2012 progresses.

Tim Lowe, who first joined Supervalu in 2009 as SVP operations at Shoppers until becoming president of the division, will become SVP of Supervalu's merchandising organization - focusing on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of merchandising while driving execution of national programs - and will transition to the new role over a period of ... (more)

Molycorp, Inc : JPMorgan lowered its estimates and price target for Molycorp and says it remains cautious on the stock as the outlook for rare earth prices continues to fall.

As you can see from the chart there has been a long term steady decline in this issue.

A local hospital has upgraded its technology. Lutheran Hospital on Thursday announced a $5.8 million investment in state-of-the-art MRI and CT technology.

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Chinese pork group Zhongpin has seen its first-quarter profits drop almost 30% drop despite a 31% jump in sales.