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The top executive from Wal-Mart’s international division is leaving the world’s largest retailer to sign on with Supervalu as its new CEO, replacing the latter’s longtime, well-respected chief executive, Jeff Noddle, in the top spot at the nation’s No. 3 food retailer.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s U.S. customers are spending more on discretionary items as payroll taxes decrease and gasoline prices plummet, Reuters reported last week.

Among the companies represented on the 2009 U.S. Reputation Pulse, a yearly ranking and study put out by New York-based reputation consulting firm Reputation Institute, members of the grocery industry made a strong showing.

Top leaders and Hispanic market experts from multinational technology and entertainment retailer Best Buy will kick off this year’s Hispanic Retail 360 Summit, being held Aug. 9 through Aug. 11 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Hispanic Retail 360 is the retail industry’s only conference designed to give retailers the tools and insights they need to grow their business with the Latino consumer market in the United States.

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7, which represents 17,000 grocery workers at chains that include Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons, said workers are preparing to possibly strike May 10 -- one day after their contract expires -- over a disagreement about pay and pension benefits.

Walmart unveiled its first Supermercado de Walmart this week in Houston, featuring a new layout and product assortment designed to make it more relevant to local Hispanic customers.

2,000 Food Bloggers Flock to Foodbuzz, Fueling 1000% Annual Growth and Creating the Third Largest Online Food Property

The end of Bruno's Supermarkets, LLC in its present form could begin as early as this week as a bankruptcy court auction scheduled for Wednesday gets under way, according to a published account. The auction is expected to result in some stores being sold off and others shuttered.