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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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In testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime Terrorism and Homeland Security, representatives of four federal law enforcement agencies reported growth in organized retail crime (ORC) and highlighted the many risks the activity poses to consumers and communities.
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Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. overhauled its fuelperks! program this week, making customers cash in rewards sooner and work harder to attain them, according to a published report.
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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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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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Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. plans to acquire 20 pharmacies located inside of its Pick ’n Save and Copps stores in Wisconsin that are operated by Aurora Health Care.
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Canadian grocer Metro, Inc. will become the first supermarket chain in that country to offer reusable produce bags in all of its 484 stores in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
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Internet grocer FreshDirect is now selling branded gift cards on its Web site, www.freshdirect.com.
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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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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has teamed with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) to offer customers health bards in all 353 of the grocery chain’s Florida Winn-Dixie and Save-Rite locations.
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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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Those interested in attending the annual Howl-O-Scream evening event at Busch Garden’s Tampa, Fla., park can have the daylights frightened out of them for less -- if they buy their tickets at Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. has promoted Carol DiNicolantonio to the position of VP of pharmacy, A&P. In making the promotion public, the Montvale, N.J.-based grocer cited DiNicolantonio’s performance and leadership in her business unit as reasons for the appointment.
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To ensure that its employees and customers throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota have the information they need to stay healthy during peak influenza season, Roundy’s Supermarkets is reaching out with a company- and community-wide educational effort that provides relevant information about the seasonal flu and H1N1 viruses, prevention methods, and available vaccination options.
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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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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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Natural and organic foods retailer Sprouts Farmers Market will debut its ninth Dallas location, in Cedar Hill, Oct. 23. The new store will join existing locations in Coppell, Dallas, Flower Mound, Frisco, Murphy, Plano, Richardson, and Southlake.
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Kathleen S. Barclay has joined The Kroger Co. as its new SVP of human resources, where she will be responsible for leading all aspects of human resources for the nation’s largest traditional grocery retailer, which has a workforce of more than 326,000 associates.
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In tandem with a pledge to continue pursuing aggressive growth, leveraging global scale and expenses, and improving the returns of each operating segment to further enhance shareholder value during the 16th annual Meeting for the Investment Community, top leaders from Walmart yesterday announced a plan to offer deep-savings events and new everyday low prices weekly on thousands of items, effective immediately through the holiday period.
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Walmart is recruiting a new team of managers and buyers that will focus exclusively on its smaller-format Neighborhood Markets, according to a published report.
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Lingering fickle consumer purchasing behavior, coupled with deflationary pressures and an aggressive pricing and promotional strategy, significantly affected Supervalu’s second-quarter sales and margins, with a 42 percent plunge in profits that dropped to $74 million, or 35 cents a share, from $128 million, or 60 cents, a year earlier.
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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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