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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Associated Food Stores, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Supervalu, Unified Western Grocers, Wal-Mart, and Wegmans Food Markets combined their voices in a chorus to urge suppliers to adopt a number of strategic activities to expand data synchronization.

DENVER, Colo. -- Twelve lucky Wal-Mart suppliers are going to get a big cash break, thanks to a special offer from radio frequency identification (RFID) consulting firm RFID, Ltd., based here, which said yesterday that it will offer its exclusive Black Box compliance service for $25,000 to the first dozen who sign up.

LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan's attorney general Mike Cox said yesterday he is taking legal action against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for "its failure to individually price items as required by Michigan law."

MARCH 02, 2006 -- MONTVALE, N.J. -- Christian Haub, executive chairman of the board of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., painted the picture of a conventional supermarket chain in a determined fight to reinvent itself--and even floated the possibility of consolidation with a local competitor--during a presentation yesterday at the CIBC World Markets Ninth Annual Retail Conference in Toronto.

The ravaged Gulf Coast's seafood industry will be a focus of the nation's top seafood show.

Louisiana's Rouses Supermarkets leverages local expertise and a blend of old and new in its latest store.

WATFORD, England -- Tesco and Procter & Gamble are tops when it comes to supply chain, according to a survey of by international food and grocery specialist IGD, based here.

ATLANTA -- Andrew Young, a former United Nations ambassador, civil rights activist, and Atlanta mayor, said yesterday he will serve as national steering committee chairman of Working Families for Wal-Mart, a pro-Wal-Mart group. The 16-member steering committee was formed in December to counter charges from two union-backed groups, WakeUpWalMart.com and WalMartWatch.com, that are pressuring Wal-Mart to improve wages and benefits.