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- Discounters At A Crossroads
- German food discounters are at a crossroads. Their past record of dynamic growth is being slowed by marketplace saturation. Demographic changes are reflected in new and unpredictable consumer preferences. Germany is considered the birthplace of food discounters and is where the stellar career of the Albrecht brothers began. Despite a...
- White papers 2008-06-16
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- Top tactics for growth: admired frozen food discounter Farmfoods now heads The Grocer Top 50 Sean McAllister reports on the updated ranking for 2004
- Farmfoods may be a bit bashful about talking to the press, but the new number one in our Top 50 this year is certainly not shy in coming forward when it comes to increasing sales and expanding business. Two consecutive years of 40%-plus year-on-year growth have boosted turnover at...
- Research articles 2004-02-14
- Target Challenges Ackman, Wal-Mart on Food
- Target’s management is feeling feisty and declaring itself willing to take on all comers whether Bill Ackman or Wal-Mart. The retailer got another boost going into the final phase of its proxy fight with Pershing Square honcho Ackman as its earnings beat analyst estimates and its credit...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Q&A: Hartman Research Says Retailers Adding Convenience Food Better Check Consumer Definition
- Retailers across the spectrum are trying to make getting a meal on the table easier for consumers but complicating that attempt is the reality that convenience means different things to different people, according to a study by The Hartman Group. The study determined that 66 percent of...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Can Food Pull Target Up in Recession?
- Target has been expanding its food offerings, and seems poised to expand them further. On Monday, as they released their horrifying earnings report, Target executives may have been wishing they started earlier. The discounter reported a 24 percent drop in its third-quarter earnings, and same-store sales declines...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- WAL-MART BUYS BIGGEST PUERTO RICO FOOD CHAIN.(Supermercados Amigo Inc.)(Brief Article)
- BENTONVILLE, Ark.-Wal-Mart Puerto Rico has acquired Supermercados Amigo, which the discounter bills as the commonwealth's number-one supermarket chain. BENTONVILLE, Ark.-Wal-Mart Puerto Rico has acquired Supermercados Amigo, which the discounter bills as the commonwealth's number-one supermarket chain.
- Research articles 2002-02-11
- Pricing: Burger titans take cue from Wal-Mart; For Big Three chains, 99 cents deals are new fast-food battlefield.(Brief Article)
- Adopting a strategy from discounter Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's top three burger chains are fighting the burger wars with 99 cents everyday low-price strategies. Adopting a strategy from discounter Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's top three burger chains are fighting the burger wars with ...
- Research articles 2002-02-18
- Meijer Plans Detroit Supercenter, Michigan Plans to Reward New Food Stores
- Michigan is ready to grease the wheels for retailers who want to bring their act to the state, and Meijer is in a position to gain. Earlier this summer, word got out that Meijer had been assessing a property at Eight Mile Road and Woodward in Detroit,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Wal-Mart's food success changing industry - Wal-Mart Stores Inc
- Wal-Mart's growing importance as a food retailer, and the awe, fear and respect it's generating among supermarkets, was evident at the Food Marketing Institute's convention, where the discounter was the chain most often cited in workshops and the FMI's state of the industry report as well as in talks among...
- Research articles 1992-05-18
- McLane DC feeds Wal-Mart food growth - distribution centers
- BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart's drive to become a major player in the food business, using its McLane Co. subsidiary as its agent, took firm shape with the discounter's plan to build a 704,150-sq.-ft. food distribution center in Clarksville, Ark., that will be run by McLane.
- Research articles 1992-05-04
- Wal-Mart's food/drug combo ushers in format of the future
- BENTONVILLE, ARK. - Wal-Mart's assault on the nation's supermarket and drugstore operators has intensified with the recent debut of the discounter's Neighborhood Market food and drug combo store format.
- Research articles 1998-10-26
- Wal-Mart quiet on expansion of Neighborhood Market - food and drug combination stores
- BENTONVILE, ARK.--Wal-Mart's experimental Neighborhood Market food and drug combo store is meeting the early expectations of company executives and customers, but the discounter isn't talking yet about expansion.
- Research articles 1999-02-08
- Food Roundup: Whole Foods Stung by Rivals, Cargill Profits Up, Aldi Pushes into U.S., and More
- Whole Foods Says Rivals Won't Help It in FTC Fight -- It's a real pain when your competitors just won't come across with their private financial data. Whole Foods has been asking for just that from 93 rivals as the troubled natural-foods grocer fights the Federal Trade Commission's attempts to...
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Wal-Mart's super day: 23 supercenters in 14 states; discounter focuses on localized merchandising
- NATIONWIDE DSN REPORT -- "We opened 23 supercenters today and each is a little bit different," said Nick White, executive vp of Wal-Mart supercenters, at the grand opening of a 188,000-sq.-ft. food and general merchandise store in Panama City Beach, Fla.
- Research articles 1995-02-06
- Discounter to anchor Northland; National Wholesale Liquidators takes Ward's spot.(News)
- Byline: Brent Snavely West Hempstead, N.Y.-based National Wholesale Liquidators Inc. plans to open a 115,000-square-foot store at Northland Center by late October or early November in the building last occupied by Montgomery Ward in 1998. National Wholesale Liquidators is a discount...
- Research articles 2004-08-16
- Chow time at Kmart. (The Week in Review).
- * True, some people turn to food when they are under stress. But isn't Kmart Corp. going a little too far? In an apparent bid to avoid bankruptcy the Troy, Mich., discounter Thursday named as its chairman the former chief executive of the company t ...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- Family Dollar Poised for Store Growth
- Dollar-discount chain Family Dollar Stores might not have any major new store-opening plans in the works, at least that management is revealing, but the chain is certainly in a good position to expand. As some retailers close stores while others like Blockbuster flirt with outright failure, the Matthews, N.C.-based chain...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Target Fashions a Comeback from Recession with Carlos Falchi, Jean Paul Gaultier
- Despite the expansion of food operations in its latest generation discount stores, Target has continued to promote fashion and, as sales trends improve, the company could style something positive out of the recession. Target lately has managed to convince a number of fashion designers to step back...
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- 5 Ideas for Keeping Customers
- As the recession starts to bite, company executives are busy planning moves to boost profits and cashflow. These are likely to include cost reductions, delayed capital projects and revisions to invoice payment terms wherever possible. But there is one priority for all companies over and above these activities: keeping...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Kroger, Macy's May Squeeze Target with dunnhumby Relationship
- A move by dunnhumbyUSA to open New York offices as it expands business with Macy’s could have a significant impact not only on the department store chain but on Target, as well. The strategic marketing company, which specializes in gleaning information from loyalty card operations, could put...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
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