Wegmans Food Markets

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets here has announced plans to open its first Maryland store at the Hunt Valley Mall in suburban Baltimore.

PHOENIX - Procurement provider Intesource on Thursday announced that Wegmans Food Markets Inc. has signed an agreement to use the Intesource suite and services to assist in procuring a variety of goods and services.

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis-based Retek Inc. has announced that Wegmans Food Markets Inc. has selected Retek Demand Forecasting and Retek Replenishment Planning solutions to improve supply chain efficiency and increase inventory performance.

CHESIRE, Conn. - The Board of Directors of Bozzuto's Inc., a Cheshire, Conn.-based wholesale food distributor, has announced the appointment of Michael A. Bozzuto as chairman of the Board, replacing Adam J. Bozzuto, recently deceased.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Lowes Foods has become the second regional chain to offer irradiated fresh, ground beef to consumers at 48 of its 105 stores.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets has adopted an everyday low price policy on 4,000 popular grocery items, and now the Rochester, N.Y.-based chain is getting the message out to its customers.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. and PRINCETON, N.J. - The Meat and Poultry Data Standards Organization (mpXML) and the Uniform Code Council Inc. (UCC) have announced an initiative to synchronize efforts to develop global electronic trading standards for perishable meat and poultry products.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Wegmans Food Markets has said it will begin selling irradiated fresh ground beef in all its stores by mid-May, making it the first supermarket chain to introduce irradiated beef under a private label.