Attitudes: Retailers

Wal-Mart, Target Head Consumer Survey on Community Service
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Wal-Mart is tops with consumers when it comes to which store serves the needs of the community best, say 28.9 percent of more than 7,000 shoppers surveyed, while 5.3 percent believe Target does the most in that regard, according to the just released May Consumer Intentions and Actions survey from BIGresearch.
Sainsbury Chairman Expected to Resign
LONDON - Sir Peter Davis is expected to step down as the full-time chairman of Sainsbury's by July, according to inside sources, Bloomberg News reports. There could be an official announcement later this week, when the retailer's annual results are published.

Safeway Responds to Report on Campaign to Oust Burd

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway Inc. on Thursday released a response to the recent announcement of a pension fund campaign directed at members of the company's board of directors.
Supermarkets, Clerks Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

LOS ANGELES - The United Food and Commercial Workers and Albertsons, Kroger Co. and Safeway settled on a tentative contract Thursday, after 16 straight days of negotiations.
So Cal Negotiators Head Back to Table

LOS ANGELES - Negotiators in Southern California's long-running grocery strike prepare to return to the table this week for the first time in nearly two months, the Associated Press reports.
Albertsons, Ralphs, Vons: California Suit Without Merit

LOS ANGELES -Albertsons Inc., Kroger Co.'s Ralphs stores and Safeway Inc.'s Vons said the lawsuit being filed against them today by the California attorney general is without merit, Dow Jones Newswire reports.
PBH and PMA Partner to Host 5 A Day Foodservice Summit

WILMINGTON, Del. - The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) will organize and host a 5 A Day Foodservice Summit on July 23, 2004, immediately prior to the PMA Foodservice Conference, Tours, and Expo in Monterey, Calif.
Survey: Overwhelming Majority Thinks Obesity Lawsuits Are Frivolous

WASHINGTON - A new poll finds that obesity lawsuits against restaurants are abusive, the National Restaurant Association here said today.
Survey: Few Americans Aware They've Eaten Genetically Modified Food

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A new survey conducted by the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University finds that only 26 percent of Americans surveyed think they've eaten food made from a genetically modified crop, Scripps Howard News Service reports.
Local Report Finds Few Customers Notice Cleveland Price War

CLEVELAND -- Supermarket competitors Giant Eagle and Tops Friendly Markets launched a price war this week, but many customers failed to notice, according to a story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Wal-Mart, Target Head Consumer Survey on Community Service

Sainsbury Chairman Expected to Resign

Safeway Responds to Report on Campaign to Oust Burd

Supermarkets, Clerks Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

So Cal Negotiators Head Back to Table

Albertsons, Ralphs, Vons: California Suit Without Merit

PBH and PMA Partner to Host 5 A Day Foodservice Summit

Survey: Overwhelming Majority Thinks Obesity Lawsuits Are Frivolous

Survey: Few Americans Aware They've Eaten Genetically Modified Food

Local Report Finds Few Customers Notice Cleveland Price War