PepsiCo has introduced a direct-store-delivery program called GEO Box at 70 locations that allows it to combine the beverage-delivery routes for both grocery and convenience stores on a single truck. … Continue Reading →
More competitive pricing and slight improvements in the economy helped propel the industry to slightly better financial results during the first half of the calendar year, industry analysts told SN, … Continue Reading →
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Members of Associated Wholesale Grocers here are remodeling and reopening the Belle Foods locations in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi they were given the go-ahead to acquire … Continue Reading →
WILMINGTON, Del. — Funds affiliated with Los Angles-based Yucaipa Cos. remain in the lead position to acquire Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market after the chain filed bankruptcy here this month. … Continue Reading →
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Pharmacy is extending beyond its traditional areas of operation with an online pharmacy and free shipping service. read more Supermarket News
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets here said it has reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters Local 118, also based here, on a new contract covering 900 warehouse workers, drivers … Continue Reading →
TACOMA, Wash. — Approximately 1,000 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 367 here are scheduled to take a strike vote Tuesday following expiration of their contracts Oct. … Continue Reading →
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy is extending its $ 4 generic prescription program to pets. read more Supermarket News
CHESTER, Pa. — Philabundance, a nonprofit agency that seeks to reduce hunger in the Delaware Valley region near Philadelphia, has opened what has been described as the nation’s first nonprofit … Continue Reading →
NEW YORK — The emergence of grocery shopping in the virtual world will have a profound impact in the physical one, likely to drive food retailers into smaller boxes, trigger … Continue Reading →
