Supervalu News

Grocery store operator Kroger reported third-quarter results on Tuesday that indicated intense competition and weak consumer spending are taking a toll on sales and profit trends.

Supervalu needs something to jumpstart its sagging sales and the Winn Dixie chain just might be the answer.

Supermarket operator Kroger Co posted quarterly profit far below expectations and slashed its full-year forecast amid intense competition, and its shares fell 14 percent.

Supermarket chain Kroger Co. said Tuesday that it swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss, hurt by hefty charges stemming from a goodwill write-down at its Ralphs division.

A bit of industry news Tuesday as the Chicago Board of Options Exchange has finally come to settlement with the CBOT , clearing the way for the world's largest option exchange to demutualize, which is the necessary precursor to an Initial Public Offering.

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This morning, Wedbush Morgan downgraded shares of Burger King Holdings from Neutral to Underperform as tensions between the franchise owners and the company are mounting.

However, buyers lacked the potency to push through resistance near 2009 highs as participants lacked ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The owner of Cub Foods is zeroing in on the next big thing. Or more precisely, the next small thing: its no-frills grocery line called Save-A-Lot, small stores with limited assortment, generic products and bargain prices.

Every few months, St. Paul-based Old Home Foods likes to roll out a temporary, unusual flavor of yogurt, and right now it's "Sugar Cookie." But customers at many Cub supermarkets won't see it on the shelves.

A discount grocery chain is planning to help metro Atlantans Save-A-Lot . St. Louis-based Save-A-Lot, a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu Inc.

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The Markets LLC was recently selected as a Master Marketer by Supervalu, Inc., its wholesaler supplier, in a national competition highlighting the best retail merchandising practices among Supervalu's 4,300 supermarkets.

A while back, a post in this blog pointed out that Save-A-Lot is a retail chain thata s ahead of the pack when it comes to critical functions retailers are adopting today, such as operating more efficient, smaller stores while still satisfying demanding customers, and that post came with a promise to detail how the chain, a division of Supervalu , ...

Steve Kaczynski, who has served as the head of Bigg's grocery store since 2006, has announced his retirement.

Associated Food Stores Inc. has a sweet deal to entice customers inside the 34 former Albertsons that the company reopened Monday under the name "Fresh Market." Customers bringing in their Albertsons loyalty card to any Fresh Market will receive a free five-pound bag of sugar, said Dick King, Associated Foods vice president, who will be in charge ...

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The supermarket sign says "3 for $5." What's wrong with that? Plenty, says Supervalu's new chief executive, Craig Herkert, who says it "demonstrates three points that we're working to eliminate" at America's No.

Last week Dividend Aristocrat Supervalu cut the company's dividend by 50%. SVU becomes the first consumer staples stock to reduce its dividend.