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October 4, 2011
Supervalu throws in $1 million in support of youth sports

Supervalu on Tuesday announced its commitment of $1 million to sponsor 1,542 youth sports teams in markets where its banners operate.

October 3, 2011
Portland, Ore., wins Safeway's 'America's Most Natural City' FB contest

Safeway on Monday named Portland, Ore., as the winner of its "America's Most Natural City" contest and will donate $20,000 and 25 picnic tables constructed from the Guinness World Record holder for the world's longest picnic table.

October 3, 2011
What to expect from Bloom, Sansone

Family Dollar is on a mission to increase traffic to its stores — of which it intends to build twice as many in fiscal 2012 as it did in fiscal 2011 — and grow its market basket. That has meant a growing emphasis on what it considers its consumables business, a substantial portion of which is constituted by health and beauty aids.

September 15, 2011
New survey sheds light on top supermarket customer service

Safeway and Wegmans ranked highest across all customer service elements, according to a survey by Empathica.

September 12, 2011
Jewel-Osco event offers a taste of Hispanic heritage

Supervalu's Jewel-Osco chain announced that it will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with its fourth annual VIP reception to honor the culture and significant achievements of the Hispanic community.

September 8, 2011
Supervalu pharmacies become first to accept e-Rxs for controlled substances

Supervalu has expanded its offering to accept e-prescriptions for controlled substances at its banner pharmacies after meeting stringent regulatory requirements set by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

September 6, 2011
Safeway: Flu shots during food trip more convenient

Safeway on Tuesday announced its offering of flu shots in its grocery stores — positioning its flu season inoculation as more convenient to drug stores.

September 1, 2011
Jewel-Osco brings back hunger relief campaign

Jewel-Osco is looking to support Hunger Action Month by once again launching a campaign that will benefit multiple food banks in Illinois and Indiana.

August 29, 2011
Safeway gives customers flu shot incentive

Safeway is helping customers prepare for the flu season by offering a new deal for those that get inoculated at its pharmacies.

August 22, 2011
H-E-B buys three Albertsons LLC stores

H-E-B has acquired three Texas-based Albertsons LLC stores.

August 17, 2011
Albertsons LLC names VP pharmacy operations

Privately owned Albertsons LLC, which operates more than 200 pharmacies across six states, has named Stewart Edington VP pharmacy operations.

August 15, 2011
Supervalu announces flu shot availability

Supervalu on Monday announced that flu vaccination services now are available across all of its pharmacy locations.

July 26, 2011
Looking ahead, Supervalu emphasizes 'hyper-local retailing'

In an effort to increase the stickiness of Supervalu shoppers, Supervalu president and CEO Craig Herkert on Tuesday spoke of the company’s “hyper-local retailing” concept during a conference call with analysts.

July 25, 2011
Segmentation strategies add up


The 19th century British writer William Hickson may have written, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again,” but he only had half the story. By all means, try again, but don’t do the same thing over and over and expect different results.


July 25, 2011
United Natural Foods inks deal with Safeway

A food distributor has penned a three-year agreement with a supermarket chain to provide customers with nonproprietary natural, organic and specialty products.

July 21, 2011
Safeway sees sales, income boost in Q2

Safeway reported net income of $145.8 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, for second quarter 2011, compared with $141.3 million, or 37 cents per diluted share, during the year-ago period.

July 12, 2011
Supervalu's Albertsons banners to keep self-checkout lanes

Supervalu on Monday issued a clarification that its Albertsons banners are not removing any self-checkout lanes from their stores.

July 11, 2011
Canada Safeway launches new loyalty program

Canada Safeway last month quietly launched a new loyalty program called the SafewayClub Elite Customer, according to published reports.

July 11, 2011
Giant-Carlisle to open first Philadelphia store

Giant-Carlisle plans to open its first store in Philadelphia next week, the grocery chain said.

July 8, 2011
CVS puts emphasis on ExtraCare Rewards program

CVS/pharmacy's ExtraCare Rewards program, which has more than 67 million active cardholders and this year celebrates its 10-year anniversary, announced on Friday the launch of a new interactive digital campaign that encourages cardholders to take advantage of their earned rewards, as well as a new look for the ExtraBucks rewards receipt.

July 7, 2011
Rite Aid shuffles executives in HR, operations departments

Rite Aid announced Thursday changes to its human resources and operations departments.

July 5, 2011
Former Asteres CEO joins H. D. Smith

H. D. Smith, the fourth-largest national pharmaceutical wholesaler, on Tuesday named Mark de Bruin to the post of corporate VP managed care.

July 5, 2011
Get 
fresh


Increasingly, chains that traditionally have not been major forces in food retailing are making bigger commitments than ever to fresh — including meat, produce and dairy — in an effort not only to help solve the nation’s growing health crisis and expand Americans’ access to nutritious food options, but also to create new reasons for customers to shop their stores.


June 29, 2011
Supervalu to boost Albertsons banner with zero-waste stores

As part of its commitment to greener operations, Supervalu announced plans to transition 40 Albertsons banner stores to zero-waste operations before the end of the fiscal year on Feb. 29, 2012.

June 20, 2011
Safeway celebrates private-label brand by setting Guinness World Records title

Safeway celebrated National Picnic Day on Saturday by breaking the Guinness World Record for longest picnic table and debuting its new private-label brand.

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