BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
- Private
- US
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In 1918 Dominick DiMatteo, who had arrived in Chicago from Italy only nine years earlier, had two major events occur. He opened his own deli at 3832 W.Ohio Avenue. And that same year his son, Dominick DiMatteo, Jr., was born. Together they were to build one of the most successful chains of food stores in the heartland of America. Dominick's Finer Foods started as a true neighborhood store, focused on the best in Italian foods, the freshest meats and produce, and service that included interacting with customers on a first-name basis. A second Dominick's opened in 1934. Though it was the depths of the Depression, the original formula of personalized neighborhood service assured the store's success. When the first supermarkets opened after WWII, the Dominick DiMatteo father-and-son management team seized the opportunity for expansion. In 1950 their corner store concept was transformed into 14,000 square feet on W. North Ave., becoming the cornerstone of their chain of supermarkets...
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NAICS Code All Other Specialty Food Stores: 445299
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Dominick's turns page on promos; Holiday catalog touts 'lifestyle,' not coupons.(News)(Dominick's Finer Foods LLC. uses catalogues for marketing)
- 2006-12-04
Byline: JOHN T. SLANIA While high-end retailers try to pump sales through eye-catching catalogs, grocers usually hawk food using newspaper coupons. So Dominick's Finer Foods LLC's glossy, full-color holiday catalog is a striking departure from the past. The 1-million copy print...
Dominick's latest Lifestyle store caters to upmarket
- 2006-04-10
Dominick's new remodeled store on East Grand Street in metropolitan Chicago is the Safeway division's fourth Lifestyle store but the first in an upscale urban neighborhood. Some unique twists arise because Safeway tweaks its Lifestyle stores to fit the surrounding environment. "With each store there is going to be...
Management Change at Dominick's
- 2005-11-08
PLEASANTON, CaIif. -- Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced today that Bruce Everette, Executive Vice President, who has been responsible for leading the Dominick's Division since September 2004, will be returning to the company's headquarters to take on broader retail responsibilities. He will continue to be one of the company's top five...
Dominick's Gets a fresh style
- 2005-07-01
DOMINICK'S FINER FOODS' new concept store in Northfield, Ill., is a pleasing break from the traditional supermarket glare. The bakery, floral, produce and deli departments occupy one side of the store and feature hardwood floors and soft, muted lighting. The effect is a bit like being in a European market...
Grocers looking to boost produce sales.(Business)
- 2005-05-01
Byline: Peter Frost Medill News Service If you can't compete on price, you've got to win on quality and selection - at least, that's what two major grocers with stores in the Chicago area are hoping. Safeway Inc., which operates Dominick's, and...
A taste of Calif. lifestyle in Dominick's Chicago stores
- 2005-03-28
PLEASANTON. CALIF. -- Safeway is transferring the "lifestyle" format it developed in California to its troubled Dominick's chain in Chicago. In bringing the format east, Safeway seems to be suggesting not only that lifestyle--developed internally under the name POC, or proof of concept-is a format that will work among its...
Regency Centers & Macquarie CountryWide to Acquire 101 Properties Nationwide from Calpers/First Washington
- 2005-02-15
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE:REG), a leading national owner, operator, and developer focused on grocery-anchored retail centers, announced today that it, along with its joint venture partner, Macquarie CountryWide Trust of Australia, have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase 101 retail centers totaling approximately 13 million square...
Regency Centers & Macquarie CountryWide to Acquire CalPERS/First Washington Portfolio
- 2005-02-14
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE:REG) announced today that it and its joint venture partner, Macquarie CountryWide Trust of Australia, have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase 101 retail centers totaling approximately 13 million square feet from CalPERS/First Washington ("First Washington"). The transaction, valued at approximately $2.74 billion,...
Dominick's chief opts to check out after a year.(Business)
- 2004-09-18
Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer R. Randall Onstead Jr. is stepping down as president of Dominick's Finer Foods about a year after being appointed to lead its turnaround. The Oak Brook-based subsidiary of Safeway Inc. said veteran Safeway executive...
Management Changes at Dominick's
- 2004-09-17
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. announced today that R. Randall Onstead, Jr., president of its Chicago-area subsidiary, Dominick's Finer Foods, LLC, has resigned for personal reasons. His successor will be Bruce Everette, who will assume leadership of Dominick's as one of his major responsibilities as an executive vice president at...
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