Retail Stores
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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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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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Kroger Associates Ratify Labor Agreement
The Kroger Co. workers at the Mid-South and Atlanta sections recently ratified two labor pacts. The agreement with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1995 was approved and will affect about 10,500 members at the two divisions. Earlier in December, the members had rejected an offer made by the retail chain. The parties continued negotiations…
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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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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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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 move its staff to a Cash Wise location that Coborn’s is constructing in the city. Mike’s Super Valu has been in operation for the last…
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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 chain’s annual meeting. He will also retire as a company director. He had surrendered the post of president in 2012. The supermarket has said that…