Costco Wholesale Corp.

SAN DIEGO -- Warehouse retailer PriceSmart, Inc. said Friday that a settlement has been reached in the consolidated securities suit In re PriceSmart, Inc. Securities Litigation, which is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Publix is keeping its shoppers satisfied in terms of quality, service, and price, while Wal-Mart supercenters may have some work to do when it comes to those first two measures, according to the University of Michigan's latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), released today.

With everybody trying to get ethnic at retail, supermarkets have to fight harder than ever to stake their claim.

KALISPELL, Mont.--Costco has decided to delay plans to build new units in the state of Montana because of a proposed tax on big-box stores under consideration by the state legislature, according to published reports.

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart met securities analysts¿ expectations for December same-store sales yesterday, reporting a 3 percent rise in comps for the all-important holiday closer.

DALLAS - La Familia Distributors, Inc., a privately held company that sells Hispanic foods and consumer products, has announced plans to open six "club stores" in North Texas in 2005, according to published reports.

CARTERET, N.J. - Pathmark Stores, Inc. and Premier Retail Networks, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of San Francisco-based PRN Corp., have signed an agreement to install PRN's in-store television network at checkout lanes in all of Pathmark's stores.

NEW YORK - Struggling Southeast grocer Winn-Dixie has made the right choice by hiring noted "people person" and former Albertsons' executive Peter Lynch as its new president and c.e.o., observers agreed late last week.