Market Trends

WOBURN, Mass. - Big Y Foods Inc. has installed Retail Expert Inc.'s NaviStor loss prevention software to monitor the performance of cashiers in its 47 stores.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Catalina Marketing Corporation announced today the roll out of its Network into multiple retailers throughout the Midwest, Northeast and Southwest.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - No. 2 food retailer Safeway Inc. today said second-quarter net earnings rose slightly, as profit growth was hindered by competitors and restructuring costs.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ruled Tuesday that water laced with nicotine is illegal, ending a California company's bid to begin selling bottles later this month, The Associated Press reports.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix's Internet grocery subsidiary, PublixDirect, has postponed its expansion plans for Atlanta and Orlando, choosing instead to hone its operations in South Florida, the Lakeland Ledger reports.

American food companies will be able to showcase their products in communist Cuba during a Sept. 26-30 trade fair as the island makes new deals to buy products directly from the United States, The Associated Press reports.

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu Inc. said on Monday its first-quarter profits rose 35 percent to $77.2 million, boosted by an accounting change related to goodwill.

GLENDALE, Calif. - Consumer food products giant General Mills and entertainment company DreamWorks SKG announced today that the two companies have formed a strategic worldwide promotional partnership.