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IRVING, Texas -- Two Supervalu supplied grocery stores -- Handy Foods in Ottawa, Ill., and Newton IGA in Newton, Ill. -- selected Excentus Corp., a fuel site marketing supplier, to facilitate a cross marketing program with Marathon Oil stations that offers consumers discounts at nearby gas stations for purchasing certain products at the grocery store.

PLANO, Texas -- StoreNext and MTXEPS have teamed up to give independent grocers are way to better defend themselves and their profits against the spiraling costs to retail from electronic payments.

PITTSBURGH -- Beginning this weekend, Shop 'n Save stores here will roll out brochures, signs, and displays to help guide shoppers toward making wiser food choices, as part of an industry-sponsored effort called "Take A Peak."

PITTSBURGH -- Beginning this weekend, Shop 'n Save stores here will roll out brochures, signs, and displays to help guide shoppers toward making wiser food choices, as part of an industry-sponsored effort called "Take A Peak."

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here inked a new long-term agreement naming The Nielsen Co. that is intended to help the supercenter chain sharpen its abilities to conduct more effective collaborative category management with major vendors.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here inked a new long-term agreement naming The Nielsen Co. that is intended to help the supercenter chain sharpen its abilities to conduct more effective collaborative category management with major vendors.

TORONTO -- Mainly due to charges relating to an ongoing restructuring, first quarter earnings at Loblaw Cos., Ltd. here nosedived by CAN $86 million (US $77 million), or 61.4 percent, to CAN $54 million (US $49 million), compared to CAN $140 million (US $126 million) in the year-ago period, the retailer said yesterday.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday it is expanding its RFID capability to additional facilities, which should make an additional 400 Wal-Mart stores RFID-able by the end of this fiscal year.