Unilever, Hormel Foods Skippy Deal
Unilever has made a definitive deal with Hormel Foods Corp. to sell its Skippy brand for approximately $700 million. The agreement includes manufacturing facilities for Skippy in Weifang, China and [...]
Sale of Food Emporium Expected
A&P is expected to make known an agreement to sell off its Food Emporium banner stores. The announcement would happen some time next week, according to sources. The 16 stores [...]
Safeway’s CEO and Chairman Steve Burd Plans Retirement
Safeway’s longtime CEO and Chairman Steve Burd is set to retire this year. Burd has held the position for 20 years and will be stepping down May 14 at the [...]
NGA Contented by Passing of the Taxpayer Relief Act
Both Congress and President Obama are being cheered by the National Grocers Association for passing a bill that avoided the dreaded fiscal cliff. The American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R.8) is [...]
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 [...]