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  • Wal-Mart Among Black Enterprise's Top Companies for Diversity

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday that it has been named one of the "Top 40 U.S. Companies for Diversity" by Black Enterprise magazine. The publication also listed the company as one of the "10 Best Companies in Marketing Diversity."

  • Thanks to U.S. Foodservice, Ahold First-quarter Net Profit Skyrockets 76 Percent

    AMSTERDAM -- Retail conglomerate Royal Ahold NV here reported that first-quarter profit increased 76 percent as a result of improved earnings at its U.S. Foodservice division in Columbia, Md. Net sales for the company were 14.1 billion euros (US $17.9 billion ), an 8.6 percent increase over last year. Excluding currency impact, net sales rose 2.1 percent.

  • Wal-Mart Among Black Enterprise's Top Companies for Diversity

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday that it has been named one of the "Top 40 U.S. Companies for Diversity" by Black Enterprise magazine. The publication also listed the company as one of the "10 Best Companies in Marketing Diversity."

  • Whole Foods, Safeway, and Wild Oats to Post Seafood Mercury Warnings

    WASHINGTON -- Natural and organic retailer Whole Foods Market yesterday joined Safeway and Wild Oats as the first national supermarket chains to commit to posting signs giving consumers a government warning about mercury in certain kinds of seafood.

  • Kroger Posts 4 Percent Q1 Profit Increase; Ups Same-Store Sales Outlook

    CINCINNATI -- Stock in the Kroger Co., based here, jumped yesterday on the news that the nation's largest traditional food retailer confirmed its earnings forecast for the year and upped its same-store sales outlook for stores open at least 15 months.

  • Whole Foods, Safeway, and Wild Oats to Post Seafood Mercury Warnings

    WASHINGTON -- Natural and organic retailer Whole Foods Market yesterday joined Safeway and Wild Oats as the first national supermarket chains to commit to posting signs giving consumers a government warning about mercury in certain kinds of seafood.

  • Associated Wholesalers, Inc. and White Rose Food to Merge

    ROBESONIA, Pa. and CARTERET, N.J. -- Two major grocery distributors in the Northeast U.S. are joining forces. Cooperative food distributor Associated Wholesaler's Inc. (AWI) in Robesonia, Pa. is merging with White Rose Food, the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the New York City metropolitan area, sources told Progressive Grocer on Friday.

  • Wal-Mart Could Pull Off Low PricesBetter Wages: Study

    WASHINGTON -- Being the low-price leader doesn't mean employees' wages and benefits have to be sacrificed, according to research about Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. released yesterday by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based here.
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