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Harold Lloyd, president, of H. Lloyd & Associates, Inc; Art Turock, president of Art Turock & Associates; and Dr. Richard George, professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University will present during the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Super Breakfast Sessions at the 2010 N.G.A. Annual Convention and Supermarket Synergy Showcase (S3), to be held Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, 2010, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Snack food giants Snyder’s of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods have called off their pending merger, after learning late last week that their first and second filings had failed to earn clearance by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Walmart has introduced significant price cuts on Thanksgiving meal staples, as well as on TVs and other popular electronics.
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Bridgeport, Conn., will serve as home to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Co.’s (A&P) first Food Basics store in the Nutmeg State, which is slated to make its debut Nov. 13 at the site of a former A&P Store at 1700 Park Ave.
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Supervalu’s Chicago-based Jewel-Osco subsidiary will present over $2 million in cash and food donations to five major food banks and scores of food pantries in Illinois and northwest Indiana as part of its “Hunger Relief Grant Program.”
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Walmart and the Walmart Foundation yesterday rolled out “Walmart Gives Back,” a holiday giving program that will contribute $32 million in monetary and in-kind donations to charities across the nation.
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Thirty-four Supervalu-owned Albertsons stores that were purchased by Associated Foods have re-opened yesterday following a weekend rebranding to Fresh Market and a restocking of the stores with the new owner’s branded products.
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Weis Markets’ month-long “Fight Hunger” food drive generated $210,000 in customer food and monetary donations to local food banks and pantries throughout its five-state marketing area, which will be complemented by $200,000 in corporate donations to eight regional food banks.
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United Supermarkets’ Market Street banner has launched a new holiday promotion that offers shoppers a free Traditions brand turkey with a $100 purchase now through Nov. 25.
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Store brands have built momentum during the recession. Will consumers stick with private label frozen when better days arrive? Or will they return to the national brands they used previously?
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The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (A&P) will serve for the second time as an official Signature Sponsor of the ING New York Marathon 2009, which this year place on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Now in its 40th year, the 26.2-mile New York City Marathon is widely considered the largest and most spectacular marathon in the world.
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Walmart, Kroger, Target, Safeway, Publix and Wegmans were cited as consistent top performers in the eyes of their trading partners since 1997, according to results of Cannondale Associates’ annual PoweRanking Study.
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For C&S Wholesale Grocers’ seventh consecutive year of participating in Make a Difference Day, which this year occurred on Saturday, Oct. 24, over 500 of the company’s employees volunteered their time in communities across the country.
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Dana Stanley of Las Vegas was named the winner of the 2009 Coca-Cola California Dream Home Giveaway promotion sponsored by Albertsons, which also awarded 50 additional winners a year’s supply of Coca-Cola products. Albertsons is owned by Minneapolis-based Supervalu.
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In an effort to dramatically simplify and improve the way it promotes and supports sale items, supercenter pioneer Meijer, Inc. has implemented a streamlined system for its sale items, featuring Everyday Best Price, Sale and Price Drop tiers.
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As a way to celebrate its 25th anniversary of doing business, BJ’s Wholesale Club is asking the communities in which it operates clubs to amass 25 tons of groceries to help feed area needy families.
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United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), a Providence, R.I.-based national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods, said yesterday that it plans to lease a 590,000-square-foot distribution center in Lancaster, Texas.
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Community-based independent Ring Bros. Marketplace in South Dennis, Mass., and barbecue grill and accessory supplier Breakaway Gas, also based in South Dennis, raised over $700 for Ezra H. Baker Elementary School during a fundraiser held in late August.
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Wine is back on the table for Tennessee state lawmakers, as a panel considers whether supermarkets and convenience stores should be allowed to sell the alcoholic beverage, reopening the ongoing fight over the state’s liquor laws, according to a published report.
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While controversy swirls as to the laxity of its criteria, the Smart Choices Program, which was launched in August by a coalition of major consumer packaged goods manufacturers amid much fanfare, said last week that it would voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage broader use of its logo by member companies.
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For the first quarter of its fiscal 2010, a 12-week period ending Sept. 16, Winn-Dixie Stores posted a net loss of $8.1 million, or 15 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter, including an impairment charge of $3.5 million, or six cents per diluted share related to six stores. In the year-ago period, Winn-Dixie reported a net loss of $2.3 million, or four cents per diluted share.
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C&K Market’s Ray’s Food Place Stores and organic foods supplier Organic Valley have teamed up to create a new shopper rewards program that gives customers EcoUnit credits that can be redeemed to support local stewardship projects like tree planting, river restoration, removal of invasive species and watershed cleanup.
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The Natural Products Association (NPA), the oldest and largest trade association for the natural products industry, has appointed John F. Gay its executive director and CEO.
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. last week took the wraps off its worldwide plans for store and club growth next year at its annual conference for the investment community, and updated its projections for capital expenditures through the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2011.
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At long last, grocery shoppers in two western Pennsylvania communities will be able to enjoy the same convenience consumers in many parts of the country have long enjoyed: the ability to purchase beer at the supermarket.
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 Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review
Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.
 PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.
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