Published: Oct 12, 2013

Harris Teeter Supermarkets on Friday said it plans to close in the next few days five of the seven Piggly Wiggly stores it is acquiring in South Carolina and reopen them shortly afterwards.

Published: Oct 12, 2013

Russia's second-biggest food retailer X5 Retail Group has reduced its forecast for 2013 sales, predicting growth of around 8 percent, according to a company presentation.

Published: Oct 12, 2013

Russian food retailer O'Key said on Friday its like-for-like sales grew 9.2 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2013, after a rise of 9.6 percent in the previous quarter.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

Supermarket giant Tesco won two awards at the IGD Industry awards last night as leading figures from across the food and drink industry met to celebrate achievements of the grocery industry this year.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

Brazil's largest retail group Grupo Pao de Acucar, or GPA, has elected French retail group Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA Chief Executive Jean-Charles Naouri as its new chairman, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

The Rewe Group announced at the Munich trade fair for real estate and investment, Expo Real, that it is to significantly increase store numbers for several of its brands, including Rewe, grocery chain “Penny” and DIY superstore “toom”.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

The Coop, which produces approximately 40,000 tons of organic waste annually,has singed an agreement with NC Environment to turn their organic waste into biofuel.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

Wakefern Food Corp. has ramped up its digital efforts to create a stronger relationship with shoppers, particularly younger ones.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

Convenience stores need to stock their shelves with different items or exploit new customer segments, particularly seniors who don’t want to shop for and carry home large items like rice, mineral water and alcohol.

Published: Oct 11, 2013

Safeway Inc said on this Thursday that it plans to leave the Chicago market by early next year as it continues to narrow its focus and posted a sharply lower profit for the third quarter.

Published: Oct 10, 2013

The “Sweetbay” name will soon be no more, replaced by “Winn-Dixie.”

Published: Oct 10, 2013

Kroger Co. has removed certain Foster Farms raw chicken products from stores following an alert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service that the products were the source of a salmonella outbreak.

Published: Oct 10, 2013

Wal-Mart Stores has said it will buy out Billionaire Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises’ stake in a wholesale store venture in India.

Published: Oct 10, 2013

Waitrose is today launching a major new initiative to help support elderly, homeless and vulnerable people this Christmas.

Published: Oct 10, 2013

Amazon has retained the title as Britain’s favourite retailer for the fourth consecutive year, despite the etailer coming under fire in the past year about its low corporate income tax bill.

Published: Oct 09, 2013

The era of imperialism in international retailing is over and store groups must learn to adapt their brands to win against local competition, the head of world No. 2 retailer Carrefour said on Monday.

Published: Oct 09, 2013

We’re on day seven of the U.S. federal government shut down with no end in sight. While many would assume the shutdown would delay import inspections, it’s not necessarily the case.

Published: Oct 09, 2013

Lund Food Holdings said Tuesday that it had acquired Village Market, a 35,000-square-foot grocery store located on Highway 13 in Prior Lake, Minn.

Published: Oct 09, 2013

Aldi is expanding distribution of its exclusive Beaumont Coffee pods.

Published: Oct 09, 2013

Moody's Investors Service has changed to negative from stable the outlook on the Baa1 long-term ratings of Tesco Plc, and its guaranteed subsidiaries.