Nonfoods

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Roundy's based here has added a medley of new organic products -- including soy milk, frozen fruit, peanut butter and pizza -- to its growing private label line.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Roundy's based here has added a medley of new organic products -- including soy milk, frozen fruit, peanut butter and pizza -- to its growing private label line.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Roundy's based here has added a medley of new organic products -- including soy milk, frozen fruit, peanut butter and pizza -- to its growing private label line.

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion spokesman Jeff Lowrance confirmed on Friday that the chain, based here, is looking at the Guiding Stars nutritional labeling program created by its sister banner, Hannaford Bros., to see if it's something that might work at its stores.

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion spokesman Jeff Lowrance confirmed on Friday that the chain, based here, is looking at the Guiding Stars nutritional labeling program created by its sister banner, Hannaford Bros., to see if it's something that might work at its stores.

QUINCY, Mass. and LANDOVER, Md. -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Giant Food, LLC are rolling out a new paper aisle in stores today, in the latest phase of a low-price initiative it plans to roll out to other departments.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. confirmed yesterday that its November same-store sales fell 0.1 percent -- its first monthly decline since April 1996 - and said it expects December same-store sales to increase no more than 1 percent.

The Meijers gave birth to the supercenter -- but the family's more impressive issue is the closely guarded, consumer-centric culture of integrity and excellence it nurtures every day.