Trading Partners

MINNEAPOLIS - Distributor and retailer Supervalu on Monday reported that its Internet-based portal, SVHarbor, is now available to its retail customers and company-owned retail banners, providing easy access to enterprise solutions critical to their business operations.

CHICAGO - The bankruptcy of grocery distributor Fleming Cos. Inc. is having a ripple effect on its food suppliers as companies ranging from Kraft Foods Inc. to Hershey Foods feel the pinch, according to a recent report by Reuters.

DALLAS -- Fleming Companies, Inc. announced that the company has taken a number of key actions intended to strengthen its liquidity, further support trade vendors and assist its restructuring efforts as it proceeds through the Chapter 11 process.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. expects first-quarter earnings from continuing operations of 43 cents to 45 cents a share, and said same-store sales during the period were flat, while identical store sales fell 0.5 percent.

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.