Source: Bloomberg
Walgreen Co. plans to offer fresh foods and prepared meals to draw “time-starved” shoppers to its more than 7,000 stores, taking on retailers such as Target Corp. and Kroger Co.
The drugstore chain has been …

Source: MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Supermarket chains, ground down by a year of price wars aimed at keeping hard-pressed customers, are starting 2010 wondering how much longer they can go without further harming their share …

Source: CNN Money
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Supermarket operators got another sign that deflation is easing in the U.S. with food prices posting their largest monthly increase in more than a year.
The U.S. Labor Department on Friday …

Source: BNET
Walmart-owned Sam’s Club and Tesco-operated Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets may be on opposite ends of the store-size scale, but they both are emphasizing adult beverages to help them stand out from the competition
In 241 …

Source: The Wall Street Journal
By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN
Supervalu Inc. said it will be reducing the number of items it offers per store–in some cases by as much as 25%–in a move intended to more …

Source: Bloomberg
By Mark Clothier
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it is closing 10 “financially underperforming” Sam’s Club locations in the U.S.
Walmart said on its Web site it will close …

Source: Supermarket News
By JULIE GALLAGHER

PHOENIX — Wal-Mart’s sampling program not only drives an average sales lift of 124% on the day the item is demoed, but also improves movement of the product four weeks afterwards …

Source: Supermarket News
By JULIE GALLAGHER

PHOENIX — Wal-Mart incited a lift in sales of Easter cookies (260%), ham (1,000%) cakes (6,000%) and pineapples (245%) by distributing samples of the items as part of a program tied …