Industry News
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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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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 and an uneasy political climate. We now count down the top five news we featured in 2012. 1. Recall of Ground Beef in the U.S.…
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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…
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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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Retailers React to Ruling on Possible Tobacco Statement Display
A ruling by a federal judge is set to decide on whether retailers will be required to post displays from the tobacco companies. The displays will carry apologies for being deceitful about the effects of smoking, and will have to provide information on the health effects of smoking, including the statistic of 1,200 deaths per…
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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 “likes.” The career-based page facebook.com/publixcareers gives career tips, job openings information, employee profiles, information on the chain happenings such as store openings, chats with recruiters…
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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 organizing 22 of these stores and allow greater union access by associates. The contract negotiations took more than one year and the back and forth…
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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 total sales. 7-Eleven, a convenience store chain with over 7,400 stores running on franchises in the U.S., is responding to consumer demand for healthier foods.…