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Bill Wilson is the senior editor at Supermarket News, covering all things grocery and retail. He has been a journalist in the B2B industry for 25 years. He has received two Robert F. Boger awards ...

MARSH SUPERMARKETS CFO ELBIN RESIGNSts here last week said John Elbin has resigned as chief financial officer and treasurer just one week after the company said it was considering putting itself ...

IN MEMORIAM The food industry said goodbye to several friends in 1999.following:Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing ...

GIANT CUTS WORKERS' HOURS, CHANGES PRICES: REPORTy of Netherlands-based Ahold, is cutting back the working hours of its store staff over the next three weeks, and changing the prices of thousands ...

MARSH NAMES FIVE VICE PRESIDENTSets here has promoted five directors to vice presidents. All continue to hold their previous responsibilities. Christopher Banta, formerly the director of grocery ...

RICHARD SAKER TO SUCCEED FATHER AS FOODARAMA CEO said last week it has selected Richard Saker, currently president and chief operating officer, to be its chief executive officer. He succeeds his ...

LUND FOOD HOLDINGS ACQUIRES RICK'S MARKETS has acquired Rick's Markets, a three-unit operator in the Twin Cities, a spokeswoman for Lund told SN. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Lund ...

AFTER REPORTS, MEIJER SAYS COMPANY NOT FOR SALEor sale, the founding family of the retailer here said last week amid reports it was on the verge of a deal with London-based retailer Tesco. British ...

KROGER TAPS CUMMINS TO BE FOOD 4 LESS PRESIDENTns has been named president of Food 4 Less Stores, Compton, Calif. He succeeds Dave Hirz, who was named president of Ralphs Supermarkets, also based ...

By any other name: What, at its core, makes a grocery store? That’s the very thing that Federal antitrust enforcers are in the midst of determining as they work towards a decision regarding the ...

GIANT EAGLE OFFERS INK CARTRIDGE REFILLS PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here is testing ink jet printer cartridge centers in three stores.The new service, believed to be the first of its kind in a ...