Weis Markets

SUNBURY, Pa. - Buoyed by successful sales-building strategies and aggressive promotional pricing, Weis Markets' first quarter sales increased 4.4 percent to $571.8 million for the 13-week period ending March 31, 2007 vs. the same year-ago period while the chain's same store sales increased 4.4 percent.

SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets, Inc. will seed its growth strategy with an infusion of $72.5 million over the next 12 months, the chain said yesterday at its annual shareholder meeting here.

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. -- J & J Snack Foods Corp. here said yesterday it has acquired the Whole Fruit Sorbet and Fruit-A-Freeze Frozen Fruit Bar brands, along with related assets including a manufacturing facility located in Norwalk, Calif., from a subsidiary of CoolBrands International, Inc.

PARK CITY, Utah -- Industry veteran Robert P. Hermanns has joined inventory and labor optimization software vendor Park City Group as s.v.p. responsible for U.S. customer relations and corporate development. He will also become a member of Park City's board of directors.

PARK CITY, Utah -- Industry veteran Robert P. Hermanns has joined inventory and labor optimization software vendor Park City Group as s.v.p. responsible for U.S. customer relations and corporate development. He will also become a member of Park City's board of directors.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Bruce Weitz, president and c.e.o. of Kings Super Markets here, told a local newspaper yesterday that the company would be interested in buying "some or all" of the stores that are likely to come on the market in the wake of A&P's proposed purchase of Pathmark.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Bruce Weitz, president and c.e.o. of Kings Super Markets here, told a local newspaper yesterday that the company would be interested in buying "some or all" of the stores that are likely to come on the market in the wake of A&P's proposed purchase of Pathmark.

In-store clinics are helping grocers give the 'one-stop shop' critical new meaning.