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  • INDEPENDENTS REPORT: The enemy of my enemy

    Union leaders face the same formidable foe as independents and regional chains, so it makes sense for them to work together for survival.

  • Bank of Oklahoma Branches Opening in Reasor's Stores

    TULSA, Okla. - Bank of Oklahoma (BOk), based here, and Tahlequah, Okla.-based Reasor's, LLC have teamed up to bring full-service BOk locations to three Tulsa-area Reasor's grocery stores.

  • Aldi to Open More Stores in Atlanta

    ATLANTA - Aldi, Inc., the Germany-based grocer known for its limited-assortment discount stores, is opening two more stores in the Atlanta market this week, bringing its total in that area to 11.

  • Target Said to Have J Sainsbury in Sights for International Expansion

    NEW YORK - Minneapolis-based Target Corp. is setting its sights on an overseas acquisition, possibly in the United Kingdom, according to several reports in the British press. The chain is rumored to be considering supermarket chain J Sainsbury, among others, as a target, although retail analysts told Progressive Grocer they question the likelihood that the mass merchant would make such a move in the ultracompetitive U.K. retail market.

  • Costco Class Action Alleges Gender Bias

    SAN FRANCISCO - Shirley "Rae" Ellis, a Costco assistant warehouse manager in Douglas County, Colo., filed a national sex discrimination class action yesterday in federal court here, claiming that the Issaquah, Wash.-based warehouse club chain doesn't give female employees promotions to high-paying assistant and general store manager positions.

  • Chanatry's to Expand Meat Department

    UTICA, N.Y. - Chanatry's French Road Market here, a feisty one-unit independent that has been profiled as a Progressive Grocer Store of the Month three times, is on the move again, this time expanding and remodeling its meat department.

  • Retailers Clean up After Hurricane; Citrus Crop May Be Devastated

    LAKELAND, Fla. ¿ Some sense of normalcy is slowly returning for Florida's food retailers and manufacturers as the state continues to clean up after Hurricane Charley. Retailers reported most of their stores were up and running. The state's citrus crop may have been decimated by the storm.

  • Colombian Retailer, Watt International Extend Relationship

    BOGOTA, Colombia - Carulla Vivero S.A., Colombia's second-biggest retailer, has chosen Toronto-based brand strategy and design consultancy Watt International, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Envoy Communications Group, to lead the repositioning and design of the company's 83 Carulla stores. Carulla Vivero operates a chain of 133 supermarkets, hypermarkets, and discount stores throughout Colombia.
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