said last week it has selected Richard Saker, currently president and chief operating officer, to be its chief executive officer. He succeeds his father, Joseph Saker, who will continue as chairman.

The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu wholesale food divisions in Anniston and Atlanta. The new Southeast division will serve 225 retailers in Alabama, ...

GIANT CUTS WORKERS' HOURS, CHANGES PRICES: REPORTy of Netherlands-based Ahold, is cutting back the working hours of its store staff over the next three weeks, and changing the prices of thousands of ...

r-Busch's Eagle brand snack factories. It reopened when Steve Bernard, chairman and founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, bought back the company. Bernard started the company in 1980. He sold it to ...

Gerland's Customer Advantage program is multi-faceted loyalty, making use of frequent shopper points, in-store promotions, direct mail, cash register receipts, a Web site, interactive kiosks and fuel ...

Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing health. Baker's, founded in 1947, operates 22 stores in Nebraska and Oklahoma and was ...

gham's purchased last summer. Brigham's said it reformulated the products by using what it described as higher-quality ingredients. The new flavors are Andes Mint Drift and Carrot Cake Rapture. The ...

The new service, believed to be the first of its kind in a supermarket chain, is the result of a joint venture with a Pittsburgh-area franchisee of Island Ink-Jet, a chain of printer cartridge refill ...

Numerator continues to track purchase data and survey-verified buyers to understand shifts in consumer behavior. In a new consumer study—Breaking Stereotypes: The Women Driving Sales in Male-Centric ...

I have been working in retail and more specifically with grocers, restaurants, convenience-stores, and big box retailers for close to 25 years. Never have I seen such a crossover between these ...

Richard Mitchell has been reporting on supermarket developments for more than 15 years. He was editor-in-chief of publications covering the retail meat and poultry, deli, refrigerated and frozen foods ...

People made more trips to the grocery store but put less in their baskets in May, according to the latest research from Chicago-based marketing firm Circana.Year to date, consumers have already ...