Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Tense times boost demand for greeting cards, and suppliers are coming up with new lines and lower price points to make it easier for people to connect.

A financial meltdown led LaBonne's Epicure Markets to seek advice. Following it made the red ink disappear.

Prodding from Wal-Mart helped resolve a bitter feud over the composition of produce containers and move the industry toward the efficiency of a common footprint.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Publix Super Markets has singed a multi-year agreement with Elogex, Inc., a network-based logistics solutions provider, to use the Elogex OneNetwork across its distribution network to link its operations with carriers and manufacturers on a unified platform.

Laws, taxes, and competition are cutting into supermarkets' cigarette sales. Manufacturers hope new products and merchandising techniques can relight the category.

AMSTERDAM - Consumer products maker Unilever NV said Monday it disagrees with a decision by supermarket chain Albert Heijn to pay its suppliers late, according to a Dow Jones news report.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold, embroiled in an accounting scandal, said on Friday it would ask for permission to postpone publication of its disputed 2002 results until the end of November at the latest.

DALLAS -- Fleming Cos. has delayed supplies to customers, and more delays could be forthcoming as suppliers postpone shipments following the grocery distributor's bankruptcy filing last week, according to the company's interim c.e.o. Pete Willmott.