Coborn’s Buys Mike’s Super Valu
Coborn’s Inc. in St Cloud, Minnesota, has reported that it has bought Mike’s Super Valu. The independent store located in North Dakota’s Watford City said that it was planning to [...]
ROIC Purchases Four Grocery-Anchored Properties
An announcement in San Diego, California, was made by Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. reporting that it has made the acquisition of three grocery-anchored properties and was in an agreement to [...]
7-Eleven Introduces Fresh Foods Line
7-Eleven has plans to focus on a fresh foods line in the coming years. The goal of the new line is to ultimately have fresh foods account for 20% of [...]
Publix Career-Based Page Boost
Publix Super Markets’ career site has gotten major boosts from followers. Just 5 months after its launch, the Facebook page dedicated to career focused issues has succeeded in getting 5,000-plus [...]
Teamsters Push for UNFI Product Boycott
Teamsters Local 117 called for consumers to boycott United Natural Foods products sold at Whole Foods Market. The union is striking a warehouse of United Natural Foods. Teamsters Local 117 [...]
Raley’s Employees Ratify Pact for Union Access
New Raley’s contracts have been ratified by its employees, which will permit the United Food & Commercial Workers to manage some of the chain's non-union stores. The union will be [...]
Port Strike Avoided
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have come to an agreement to continue negotiations for 30 more days, averting potential port strikes at Gulf [...]
2012 Top Five Grocery News Stories
From shake-ups in the retail chain Supervalu, to faltering retail banners, the United States retail industry has done quite well this past year despite devastating weather, uncertain economy, labor unrest [...]