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		<title><![CDATA[Morrison Third-quarter Growth Slows]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark PotterLONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Grocer Morrison said the surprise departure of chief executive Marc Bolland to Marks & Spencer would not affect its performance or potential as it reported a slowdown in sales growth."He's been a great member of the team and we're sorry to see him go,"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asda Sees Cut-throat Christmas]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Price competition between retailers this Christmas will be the most intense for a decade, grocer Asda said on Thursday, as it unveiled the latest in a series of cut-price deals in the sector.The nation's second-biggest supermarket chain behind Tesco said it was cutting prices on 50...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:15:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[George at Asda: From Rags To Riches]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asda's clothing brand, George, is now the UK's leading fashion retailer . This may not sound so momentous today but, back at the brand's launch in 1990, the idea that a supermarket chain, and particularly Asda, could beat M&S at its own game would have seemed incredible.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:00:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wegman's Plans A Pair of Pubs as It Tests Full-Service Restaurants]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wegmans is going into the bar business with not one but two versions of The Pub, a combination restaurant and watering hole it has launched in its just-opened supermarket in Collegeville, Pa.    Jo Natale, a company spokesperson, told Bnet that another Wegmans unit, currently being readied in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:04:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Eludes Recession in Texas Marketplace Launch]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Kroger will open its first marketplace store in Texas as part of it strategy to use stores types and data to more precisely target consumers, while simultaneously capitalizing on an opportunity that the recession hasnâ€™t withered.    The marketplace format store, which combines a full supermarket...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:01:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Future Still Trying To Catch Save-A-Lot]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save-A-Lot was a small-format food retailer long before compact store concepts became popular among major chains, but it has been shifting from its original focus on grocery products to feature perishables and develop into more of a full-line supermarket operator for frugal consumers.    And, in that way,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:18:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Images: H.E.B. Buffalo Speedway Hybrid Store Blows Out Food Choices]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently in the blog, we discussed the new Kroger and H.E.B. supermarkets open on Buffalo Speedway in Houston, hybrid combinations of traditional stores and gourmet operations run by the two supermarket chains, and we later posted a photo spread of the Kroger store.    Now itâ€™s H.E.B.â€™s turn....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Publix Joins Supermarkets Developing Hybrid Stores, This Featuring Organics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hybrid store concepts are suddenly all the rage among supermarket operators, and now Publix is planning to open a hybridized supermarket concept that combines elements of its standard format and itâ€™s GreenWise Markets.    GreenWise Markets emphasize organic and natural foods although they also offer some conventional fare...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:53:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Small Store Stands Meijer to Counter Kroger Marketplace, Among Others]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If retail success is based, as the saying goes, on location, location, location, then itâ€™s important to fit in a suitable spot, something that Meijer has recognized and Kroger realized some time ago.    Now, though, Meijerâ€™s move to develop a smaller store concept in the Chicago suburb...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:27:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Revenge of the Supermarkets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=2256]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom seems to increasingly suggest that the supermarket model (with the exception of the super-supermarket, Wal-Mart) is on its way out.  Today's consumers want niche stores and brands that seem like a good deal, now that everyone is seeking ways to save their pennies.    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:15:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Herkert Brings the Right Stuff to Supervalu]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supervalu, in announcing the replacement of Jeff Noddle as CEO with former Wal-Mart Americas president and CEO Craig Herkert, gets an executive who has built an expertise in driving a multiple format retail operation with efficiency and improving sales.    He may be just what Supervalu needs right...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:04:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPDATED: News America Marketing's Acquisition of Floorgraphics Not Big Enough to Show Up in Q1 Numbers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/10001986/news-america-marketings-acquisition-of-floorgraphics-not-big-enough-to-show-up-in-q1-numbers/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Observers of the acquisition/settlement between Rupert Murdoch's News America Marketing and Floorgraphics Inc. were left wondering how much NAM had paid for the upstart provider of floor ads in supermarkets. That was not revealed at the time of the settlement in March. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:17:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News America Marketing Forces Whistleblower Into Bankruptcy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Emmel, the former News America Marketing account director who alleged in federal court that his old employer bilked its clients by taking payments for hundreds of ad placements that never occured, has filed for bankruptcy.    The filing comes after News America won a summary judgment against...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Customer Focus Carries It Through Tough Times]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000907/kroger-customer-focus-carries-it-through-tough-times/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kroger is looking to cut prices on private label products in a period of declining commodity costs, Dillon said, adding that producers of big national brands are holding the line on prices by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:45:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BJ's Craving Bigger Piece of Supermarket Pie]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000821/bjs-craving-bigger-piece-of-supermarket-pie/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BJâ€™s has made itself the most food oriented of warehouse club chains and a competitor to supermarket, a position the company plans to use to its advantage in the recession.    In a March 4 conference call, newly appointed CEO Laura Sen spelled out a BJâ€™s strategy for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:01:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Dental Practice Help Sainsbury's Bite?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/03/02/will-dental-practice-help-sainsburys-bite/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Grocery stores seem undecided about how to pull in shoppers. Traditionally, they competed on price, but now food prices have risen, will they continue to rely on the image of value to drive sales?    Last week, Sainsbury's announced it has opened a dental practice in a Manchester...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:28:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Wins as Supercenters Stampede Supermarkets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Martâ€™s success in the recession is in significant measure due to its embrace of the supercenter format, the only one in the food, drug and discount store universe that enjoyed increased shopping frequency last year.    And thatâ€™s bad news for supermarkets.    Supercenter shopping frequency,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:45:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Consumer Satisfaction Up But Wal-Mart Disputes It's Lower Number]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers might have been stingy in the fourth quarter, but they came out of the period happier about the way they were treated by retailers, the American Consumer Satisfaction Index demonstrated, with Wal-Mart and Dollar General being exceptions.    Considered in two categories, department/discount store and supermarket, Wal-Mart...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:41:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Valassis Suit vs. News America Being Conducted in Secrecy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not news that Valassis's price-fixing lawsuit against rival News America Marketing Group is costing Valassis millions of dollars. But what evidence does the company have against News America?    That question is currently unanswered because Valassis and News America are conducting their litigation under a blanket...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:04:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supermarket/Supercenter Price War Could Suck in Costco, BJ's, Sam's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A price war among supermarkets and supercenters may cause some consternation among warehouse clubs, although the danger it threatens isnâ€™t so much from direct action as an undermining of member morale.    It all relates to membership fees, the annual outlay that club members make to get those...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:32:41 -0800</pubDate>
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