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  • May Buying Marshall Field's From Target

    MINNEAPOLIS - May Department Stores Co. announced yesterday that it will pay $3.24 billion in cash to purchase the Marshall Field's division from Target Corp., according to the Associated Press.

  • Rainbow Foods Head Resigns

    MINNEAPOLIS - Dale Riley, head of Roundy's ailing Rainbow Foods operations, based here, announced his resigation yesterday, according to published reports.

  • 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.

  • Target Plans Expansion of New Store Model

    CHICAGO - Target Corp. is planning an expansion of a new prototype store model that it quietly unveiled in October, adding more food items and reorganizing departments in hopes of getting more shoppers into the discount stores.

  • Albertsons to Open Price-Impact Stores

    BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons, Inc., based here, intends to open low-price or price-impact grocery stores in several cities across the country, indicating a growing shift toward low-cost formats in the supermarket industry, the Daily Herald in Utah reports.

  • Nonfoods: Bargains to watch

    By selling previously viewed video and DVD titles that the big-box retailers don't carry, grocers can turn the category into a high-margin profit center.

  • COVER STORY: 71st Annual Report of the Grocery Industry: The search for growth

    The past year has seen supermarkets re-evaluate store formats and merchandising strategies to keep ahead of -- or, in some cases, keep up with -- the competition.

  • FEATURE: Asian grocery goes mainstream

    A distributor's new strategy aims to lure Chinatown shoppers to conventional stores such as a New York-area A&P.
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