Master Grocer
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Police Called Regarding Jewel-Osco Store Twinkies Incident
Local police in Buffalo Grove, Illinois were called in to a Jewel-Osco store after an incident involving Twinkies. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a customer got quite upset when he was told he could not purchase more than the pre-determined number of packs of Twinkies. Jewel-Osco has however, not confirmed the report by the paper. The…
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Obama Urged by NRF to Intercede in Port Negotiations
President Obama recently received a letter from the NRF (National Retail Federation) detailing the growing concern of the retail industry concerning the contract controversy involving the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. and the International Longshoremen’s Association. The two parties have been negotiating, with federal mediators assisting, with little progress seen for some months now. National…
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Fuel Program Includes National and Private Brands
Hy-Vee’s Fuel Saver program will see both private and national brands play a key role. The Fuel Saver program, which is a partnership between the retailer and Casey’s General Stores, seeks to tie gasoline discounts to particular grocery purchases. Shoppers at these stores can get a total discount of $2.08/gallon for this week when they…
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FDA: Specific GE Salmon is Not a Threat to the Environment
Via the agency’s website, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that following an environmental assessment, genetically engineered salmon in the Atlantic would not affect the environment significantly. The FDA publicly released the announcement on December 22 on its website and posted in its Federal Register on the 26th. The announcement has faced strong criticism,…
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Judge to Decide On Posting of Tobacco Apology by Stores
A judge will be deciding whether the next soda bottle or tank of gas you buy will come with an apology from Joe Camel and Marlboro man. A ruling was made recently ordering a multimedia blitz that states that national tobacco companies had lied about smoking dangers. This has opened the possibility of retailers being…
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Growth of Holiday Sales Slowing
Growth of retail sales this festive season have slowed due to fears of an expected “fiscal cliff,” as well as other factors according to some reports. Spending Pulse, MasterCard advisers, are estimating that the holiday sales in these two months (November, December) increased by 0.7 percent more than last year. The company had indicated a…
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Tostitos Hosts U.S. Vets Homecoming Football Game
Tostitos showed its support of the Pat Tillman Foundation’s ‘Got Your 6’ campaign by hosting its football party for United States military veterans. Tostitos is a brand of Frito-Lay, based in Plano, Texas. The select veterans were treated to an on-field surprise bash that was to be a celebratory homecoming for the veterans who had served…
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Report: Market Basket Moving Into Maine
Market Basket, the New England grocer, is set to open its first Maine store in 2013 in the town of Biddeford. This is according to town officials who published a report in a local paper. Economic Development Director Daniel Stevenson talked to the Journal Tribune and said that the first Maine store of Market Basket would…