More than half of Britain’s households shopped in discount grocers Aldi or Lidl over the past 12 weeks as the country’s “big four” supermarkets continued to lose market share, monthly data show.
The purchase price for Albertsons’ previously announced acquisition of United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas, is $385 million, according to a filing this week by the Federal Trade Commission.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday appointed 14 local officials to a task force that will work to find new owners for Dominick’s stores left vacant when Safeway closes the division later this week.
Publix Super Markets, Inc. announced a $25,000 donation to Food For All®, a program of making change and a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization, as part of the company's Sprinkle Joy Holiday Campaign.
One of Lidl’s own label blended malt whiskies has been picked over rival brands 10 times the price by expert Jim Murray in the latest Whisky Bible edition.
British retailer Marks and Spencer apologised on Monday to customers angered after a Muslim checkout worker refused to sell champagne for religious reasons.
Walmart says that Hong Kong's market is too competitive and it is instead focused on expanding stores and streamlining supply chains on the mainland and in India.
Fucom has opened its second supermarket with retail space of 3,000 square metres in Abu Dhabi in Marina Square, Reem Island, under the ‘Géant’ franchise, on Thursday December 19.
Russia's biggest food retailer, Magnit , will set up a transport company in eastern Hungary creating around 1,500 jobs, Hungarian foreign affairs state secretary Peter Szijjarto was quoted as saying on Friday.
Marks & Spencer, Britain's biggest clothing retailer, will attempt to drive Christmas trading by holding a rare one-day sale on Saturday, cutting prices on all non-food items by 30 percent
Stater Bros. Markets’ strategy of drawing in customers by keeping its prices low — at the expense of boosting the bottom line — paid off by more sales and a higher customer count in 2013, a report released Wednesday, Dec. 18 found.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. will phase Chobani Greek yogurt out of its stores in early 2014 as it focuses on offering more organic and non-bioengineered products, Whole Foods said in a statement on Dec. 18.
Brazilian retailer GPA is preparing for an aggressive price war by cutting expenses across its supermarket formats, in a bid to maintain operating profit margin in its food business.
Russian food retailer Dixy Group has reported a slowdown in sales growth in November, as it reduced opening hours at its stores while competition increased.
