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Winter Holidays

  • Musicians to Perform at Benefit Concert for Strikers

    LOS ANGELES - Members of the groups Audioslave and System of a Down are performing at a benefit concert tonight at the Roxy Theater here to benefit the families of striking Southern California supermarket workers.

  • Kroger Employees Ratify New Contract in West Virginia

    CINCINNATI - A new labor contract covering employees at 44 stores in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky was ratified on Thursday, ending a nearly two-month work stoppage, the Kroger Co. announced.

  • BJ's November Same-Store Sales Up 8.4 Percent

    NATICK, Mass. - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.'s November same-store sales went up 8.4 percent, less than the 9.7 percent growth analysts had predicted, as strong sales in the first half of the month stalled in the second half, according to Dow Jones Business News.

  • Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Up 4.8 Percent

    NEW YORK - As the holiday season kicked off over Thanksgiving weekend, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other discounters reported the strongest sales. Total retail sales Friday were up 4.8 percent to $7.2 billion from the same period a year ago, according to ShopperTrak.

  • USDA Hotline a Dependable Food Safety Resource

    WASHINGTON - With the holidays right around the corner, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding retailers that its Meat and Poultry Hotline is another resource to direct consumers to during the United States' most important eat-at-home time of year.

  • Sears Offers Gourmet Food Online

    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - Supermarkets will be getting additional competition in fruit and gift baskets this holiday season from Sears, Roebuck and Co., which will be offering products from Harry and David and A.K.A. Gourmet at its www.sears.com Web site.

  • Sam's Club Open House Set for This Weekend

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The Sam's Club division of Wal-Mart Stores here is hoping to get a jump start on the Christmas shopping season -- and the competition -- by holding an "open house" in its membership clubs this weekend.

  • Whole Foods Does the Mashed Potato for Food Banks

    AUSTIN, Texas - It's one-potato, two-potato at Whole Foods Market here, which is running a "Buy One, Give One" community giving program in conjunction with Alexia Foods, which markets a line of frozen mashed potatoes.
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