Supermarkets Kept Closed over Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has continued to show its power and sheer strength. The effects of the hurricane are being felt by all with the power outages forcing some stores to keep [...]
Firm Predicts Low Holiday Sales
A management consulting services firm has forecasted that the retail sales in this holiday period will increase at only 2.8% due to unemployment problems, slow growth in disposable income and [...]
Contract Offers and Strike Threats at Raley’s
Raley’s management announced that it planned to implement a contract that it calls “last, best and final.” The supermarket chain had set Thursday as the date of the implementation. This [...]
Publix Opens Stores in Charlotte
The Charlotte suburbs will be witnessing the opening of the first two Publix Super Markets stores. Come Wednesday, the 49,000 square foot stores will be opened to the residents. Publix [...]
Publix: ‘Where Shopping is a Pleasure’
Publix Super Markets Inc. is a Lakeland, Florida- based supermarket chain established in 1930. George W. Jenkins founded the employee-owned chain by opening a Publix market in Florida at Winter [...]
Proposed Interchange Settlement Resisted By Retailers
The credit-card settlement proposed by the card industry to merchants is being opposed by many of the retailers. Though it was approved by a New York judge last week on [...]
Food Safety Tips to Look Out For
The food that you eat is one of the things that people need to give most of their attention to as they have a direct impact on the functioning of [...]
FDA Investigates Monster Energy Drink and Death Connections
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating allegations that date from 2007 that Monster Energy drinks are thought to have been the cause of five deaths and a heart attack, [...]