Published: Aug 22, 2013

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Tuesday it will open a temporary, daytime-only convenience store Aug. 26 in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Naraha, part of which was once deemed off-limits after the start of the nuclear disaster.

Published: Aug 21, 2013

United Supermarkets LLC announced a name change for the parent company as the result of a strategic branding initiative for the entire organization.

Published: Aug 21, 2013

Retail bellwethers Shoprite and Massmart will release their financial results this week, when the extent of South Africa’s consumer spending slowdown is likely to be revealed.

Published: Aug 21, 2013

Retail sales in Brazil grew slightly in June despite massive protests on-going in the entire country that month. Sales grew by 0.5% compared to May's data, according to the Government's statistics service IBGE.

Published: Aug 21, 2013

Belgian retailer Delhaize has debuted its first fully automated instore French fry machine in its Gentsesteenweg supermarket in Brussels, according to local reports.

Published: Aug 21, 2013

Bi-Lo Holdings, the ninth-largest traditional supermarket chain in the United States, is planning an initial public offering later this year and has tapped banks to lead the deal, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Published: Aug 20, 2013

China's biggest hypermarket chain Sun Art Retail Group Ltd is taking on Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the booming domestic e-commerce sector as it seeks new ways to maintain its market share in the face of fierce competition.

Published: Aug 20, 2013

Hot on the heels of the news that a new front-of-pack nutritional labeling system is to be rolled out in the U.K. during the next 18 months, four supermarket chains have now pledged to improve their shelf price labels.

Published: Aug 20, 2013

7-Eleven Inc. is celebrating National Lemonade Day by offering a mobile coupon for a free 16-ounce bottle of Snapple Lemon Daze.

Published: Aug 20, 2013

Kerry Foods is to launch called the Little Urban Food Company, which is to be sold exclusively at Waitrose.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

Wesfarmers has announced earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $3,658 for 2013, up 3.1 per cent on the previous year.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

Rewe is to launch a new own-brand range of 'imperfect' fresh produce from September.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

Waitrose is to introduce British-grown Kohlrabi into its stores for the first time this weekend.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

From Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Gap Inc to Macy's Inc and McDonald's Corp, chains that cater to middle- and lower-income Americans say they are feeling the pinch of an uneven economic recovery.

Published: Aug 19, 2013

Tesco has become the latest British retailer to link-up with television show Downton Abbey, hoping an association with the popular post-Edwardian period drama will boost sales of its premium own-brand food range.

Published: Aug 16, 2013

Wal-Mart Stores Inc reported a surprise decline in quarterly same-store sales in the United States, after shoppers came in less often because higher taxes and gasoline prices were leaving them with less spending money.

Published: Aug 16, 2013

Asda, Britain's No. 2 grocery business to Tesco (TSCO.L), said on Thursday that sales growth fell in the second quarter as family budgets remained under pressure.

Published: Aug 15, 2013

Almost two-thirds of convenience store operators -- chains and single-store owners -- expect to see their foodservice sales increase by the end of this year, up slightly from 2012.

Published: Aug 15, 2013

Eighteen new or relocated stores — including the third Walmart on Campus location — opened Wednesday, Wal-Mart Stores here said.

Published: Aug 15, 2013

Dutch food producer Vion Food has appointed Kenaad B. Tewarie as its new chief financial officer.