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• NY Pols push for grocery inspections
• Whole Foods Market expands executive team
• WWF: grocery retailers stocking toilet paper linked to rainforest destruction
• Supervalu to cut 800 jobs nationwide
   
• Ahold says sales grew 4.5 percent in Q4 to $9.4 billion
• OSHA raps Market Basket grocery chain in workplace safety case
• Retail Payment Standard Announced
• Winn-Dixie CEO Peter Lynch resigns
• Grocers hire companies to score foods' nutritional value
   
• Publix cancels curbside grocery service
• Ahold to buy 16 Philadelphia-area stores from Safeway
• Study:1 in 5 People Made a Purchase After Scanning a QR Code
• Final demise of a once-revered supermaket chain
• Bi-Lo buys Winn-Dixie supermarket chain for $560 million
   
• Frederik Meijer, Grocery Store Pioneer, Dies at 91
• Ahold Unveils Growth Strategy to Boost Slowing Sales
• Giant Eagle names Laura Shapira Karet new CEO
• Wal-Mart halts sales slump on grocery business strength
• Winn-Dixie launches new look in South Florida as the company tries to slowly remodel the chain
   
• Grocery Store M&A to rise; Supervalu seen as target
• Kroger and UFCW 400 Ratify Agreement in WV
• Grocery Store Honey Isn’t Actually Honey, Tests Show
• Supermarket Chain Ending Some Retiree Health Benefits
• Kroger names Joe Miskimins as produce, floral VP
   
• A&P gets $490M backing from Goldman, Yucaipa
• Next up in Amazon’s world domination: Groceries
• A Food Fight in the Produce Aisle
• Government pulls back on junk food marketing proposal
• Harry & David's in Buyout Doomed to Bankruptcy
   
• Mobility Solutions for the Grocery Distribution Industry
• First Wegmans set to open in New England
• Winn-Dixie boldly trying to change perception
• LA County sued over plastic bag ban
• Delhaize Launches New Sweetbay Concept
   
• Automated Energy-Saving Grocery Store Goes Live
• Kroger spent $100,000 on lobbying in 2Q
• FreshDirect Launches Android Shopping App
• Food Industry Thinks Name Change Will Disguise Bad Labeling Scheme
• Obama urged to support restrictions on food ads for kids
   
• Humans Are Stealing Robot Jobs At the Supermarket
• How to cut through food label hype
• Strike avoided as Southern California grocery workers ratify new contract
• CA grocery workers vote on labor deal with supermarket chains
• Food Industry Redubs Front of Package Labeling System
   
• Grocery store owners plead guilty in food stamp scam
• Tentative Deal Saves Southern California From Grocery Strike
• Is Supermarket Industry Ripe For Consolidation in 2012/
• Survey: Safeway, Wegman’s tops among grocers in customer service
• CA supermarket strike deadline passes, but uncertainty remains
   
• Grocery workers give notice to cancel labor contract
• FDA warns industry over corn syrup rebranding
• Big Y Supermarket to eliminate self checkout kiosks by end of year
• Ultra Local: Growing produce on supermarket roofs
• Whole Foods sells 1 million coupons on LivingSocial
   
• Jeff Carr to replace Ahold CFO Kimberly Ross
• CA Bill Could Ban Alcohol Sales at Fresh & Easy
• Listeria fears force colorado retailers to pull cantaloupe from shelves
• Lawsuit accuses A&P executives of fraud
• LivingSocial to run national Whole Foods deal
   
• Kroger buying its corporate brands at a faster rate than national brands
• Grocery store sector falls on Kroger results
• Kroger Says Identical Supermarket Sales Increased 5.3% without Fuel in Q2
• Trader Joe's expanding into Florida
• Supervalu grocery chain to sell most of its fuel centers
   
• UK Grocer recruits Apple marketer to lead e-commerce drive
• Schnucks works to leave nothing but empty shelves for Kroger
• Book Reviewed: The Great A&P, America’s Grocery Behemoth
• Kroger Names Joe Fey President of QFC Division
• Potential buyers emerge to buy bankrupt grocery chain Andronico's Markets
   
• CA UFCW Sees Little Progress in Talks To Avoid Strike
• UK's Sainsbury to live-streaming sports on iPads attached to grocery carts
• Tesco exits Japanese Market; Fresh & Easy Next?
• Regional retailers seek enhanced relationships with trading partners
• If SoCal Grocery Workers Strike, Consumers Will Have Plenty of Options
   
• Ahold reports an unexpected drop in Q2 profit due to increased U.S. competition
• Casa Barilla's odd marketing campaign discomfits pedestrians
• C&S Wholesale Grocers to manage purchasing, inventory management and distribution for Marsh Supermarkets
• Mediators set 'intensive' talks to avert grocery strike
• NYC Supermarkets May Have To Pay Customers For Pricing Error Violations
   
• TRENDS: Why small supermarkets have an edge
• Walgreens store brand called "Nice!" includes 400 grocery and household products priced 30% below national brands
• Winn-Dixie to convert SaveRite-branded stores to Winn-Dixie-branded stores and discontinue the SaveRite banner
• Instantly redeemable grocery coupons featured on the outside of a package boast highest redemption rate
• Kroger Installing Rooftop Solar Systems
   
• Group touts bills to ease opening of supermarkets in NJ
• Costco is most loved supermarket by social media users according to firm
• Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
• The Supermarket Re-Imagined: Smaller and Circular
• Weis Markets names Mike Mignola as VP of store operations and Bruno Garisto as VP of center store sales and merchandising
   
• Over 60,000 grocery workers in California may strike if Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons do not offer contract
• Wal-mart was spurned in its attempt to acquire BJ's Wholesale Club for $3 billion
• Following Government's Diet Advice Inflates Food Bill
• Has the Food Industry Found Sneaky Ways to Advertise Junk Food to Kids?
• Tesco to test 'Express' stores in US
   
• Unilever enters mobile deals arena with Groupon partnership
• Safeway turns to ‘natural’ foods
• Wal-Mart Banking On Sustainability Of Local Food
• NYC's Department of Consumer Affairs Seeks "Secret Shoppers" To Snitch On Supermarkets
• Whole Foods reports robust sales, snatching share from other supermarkets
   
• Photos: Inside Chicago's Brand New Walmart Express
• Kroger Names Donna Giordano President of Ralphs Division
• SUPERVALU reports Q1 net sales of $11.1B and net earnings of $74M
• Whole Foods Launches Kids Foundation to promote healthy eating
• Disillusioned Whole Foods employee writes epic resignation letter
   
• Federal Judge dismisses 'Slip & Fall' Suit against Safeway Stores
• Wal-Mart is opening its first Market grocery store in the Northeast, in Somerville, MA.
• Grocery stores use big quantities to entice shoppers
• N.Y. grocery turns to scent marketing
• Poll Finds More Than Half of Americans Prefer Organic Foods Over Conventional
   
• U.S. Doctors: Ban Fast Food Ads on TV 
• US Organic Industry Valued at Nearly $29 billion in 2010
• Some Grocers Abandon Rebates for Reusable Bags
• Are Food Marketers Facing Their Mubarak Moment?
• Food Lion's parent company reports higher profits
   
• Drugstores and other retailers rivaling supermarkets
• Publix profit up 15%, more cash on hand 
• Costco, Sodexo Make Sustainable Seafood Pledges 
• Wegman's Wages War on Inflation
• A&P chain to close another 32 stores
   
• Grocery CEO resigns after sex-sting arrest
• News Corp. Settles Insignia Suit, Ending Federal Trial
• Report: C&S Wholesale Grocers lays off more than 1,000
• Former Giant/Landover Pres. Michel to Head Sears’ Food Program
• A&P appoints restructuring veteran Rayburn to board