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Supervalu, rooted in America's heartland, faced a culture shock with its $12.4 billion purchase of Albertsons' prize assets. The acquisition last year catapulted Supervalu from a traditional Midwest distributor that [...]

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu here said last week it expects to invest $1.2 billion in capital spending during fiscal 2008 as part of a four- or five-year spending effort to boost [...]

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu here said last week it is assessing the merchandising, branding and pricing positions of the 1,124 Albertsons properties it acquired last month and expects to announce an [...]

SUPERVALU INC., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel. With annual revenues of approximately $20 billion, Eden Prairie, MN-based SUPERVALU holds leading [...]

SUPERVALU INC., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel. With annual revenues of approximately $20 billion, Eden Prairie, MN-based SUPERVALU holds leading [...]

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu here will increase its debt load by more than six times its current level with the pending acquisition of Albertsons, but some analysts said they are optimistic [...]

SUPERVALU INC., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel. With annual revenues of approximately $20 billion, Eden Prairie, MN-based SUPERVALU holds leading [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said last week that it would enter the burgeoning natural-and-organics retail space with a value-priced format called Sunflower Market. The retailer/wholesaler said the new banner would [...]

Key development: Acquisition of Total Logistics. What's next: New high-tech DC and FMI chairmanship. The past 12 months have been eventful ones for Jeff Noddle, but the next 12 may [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Supervalu's chief executive officer is urging retailers to engage in greater collaboration with each other and their trading partners to compete against super-efficient supply chain leaders such [...]

Checking competitors' prices and making sure the various clip strips, blade signs and poppers that festoon Center Store aisles are intact are now a part of store employees' routine at [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Consistently strong leadership and an aggressive pursuit of industry consolidation have enabled Supervalu here to reach the eve of its 135th anniversary next year in remarkably good shape. [...]

1870: Hugh G. Harrison finances wholesaler Benjamin S. Bull. 1871: Benjamin S. Bull Co. merges with another wholesaler to form Newell and Harrison. 1874: George R. Newell breaks up Newell [...]

* Supervalu Inc. will continue to operate its Tacoma, WA distribution facility in order to support its strong base of independent retailers and military business served by the Tacoma [...]

CHICAGO -- In applying technology to meet the needs of its consumers, Minneapolis-based Supervalu also uses some basic psychology, said Bob Borlik, senior vice president and chief information officer for [...]

LAS VEGAS -- Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan., is rolling out an extensive dollar food line to complement its two-year-old GM/HBC dollar program in a move to jump-start that [...]

16) Jeff Noddle Chairman, president and CEO, Supervalu WHY: Head of a big wholesaler/retailer with strong growth in both segments. WHAT'S NEXT: Supervalu buys Dominick's? The best business decision Jeff [...]

ATLANTA -- Supervalu, Minneapolis, has achieved impressive results from a category management program aimed at retrieving lost sales in key Center Store items, Jeff Noddle, chairman, president and chief executive [...]

Wholesale distributors and independents are becoming more dependent on each other for continued growth, if not future survival, according to industry analysts. As larger chains continue to consolidate, wholesalers are [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- It might be said that Supervalu's IT department is pulling a double shift, as it rapidly responds to fundamental changes within not one but both of the company's [...]

Court Upholds Damage Award Against Winn-Dixie JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores here said last week it was 'disappointed' -- and is considering its options -- following a court ruling that [...]

Supervalu, Minneapolis, reaffirmed its commitment to retail operations, saying it has set a goal of commanding a fleet of 2,500 corporate and licensed stores in the next few years, which [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu is closing 30 stores in three states, 18 of which contain pharmacies, according to a company spokesman. Supervalu will close its 19-store Laneco group of supermarkets and [...]

Supervalu plans to close 30 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Indiana. Among the stores are the 19 Laneco group operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and 11 Cub Food [...]

Following its restructuring plan to exit non-core markets, Eden-Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu, Inc., announced plans to close 30 Cub Foods and Laneco Group stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Indiana within [...]

Wendell Young III, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1776, the group that represents most Laneco workers, has laid out a proposal for Supervala, Minneapolis, MN, [...]

One of the Indianapolis area's many grocery chains announced May 29 it is leaving in favor of more fruitful markets. Supervalu Inc., based in Minneapolis, said it will shut the [...]

Wholesaler and retailer SuperValu will close four distribution centers, exit some retail markets and eliminate 4,500 jobs--7% of its total work force--in an effort to boost its stock price and [...]

US food retailer and distributor Supervalu is to restructure its business to allow for future growth. The moves will include the consolidation of distribution facilities, the exit of certain non-core [...]

Top supermarket companies are making it clear that consolidation isn't the only game in town as food retailers focus on emerging product categories, store labels, new formats and other devices [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu Inc. has launched a number of strategic initiatives to improve its bottom line and offset the effects of the upcoming termination of its food distribution contract with [...]

The owner of a family Supervalu in Indiana has come up with an idea which he thinks will make retailers and their customers happy: a shelving system resulting in proper [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here is determined to be firmly in control of its own destiny. With last month's acquisition of Richfood Holdings, Supervalu solidified its position as the nation's largest [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said it is realigning parts of its distribution network following the completion last week of its acquisition of Richfood Holdings, Richmond, Va. The distributor said it [...]

Jim Key, director of general merchandise and health and beauty care at Acme Markets of Virginia, North Tazewell, Va., said he would re-evaluate the back-to-school mix to include computer-related supplies [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Dock doors with panels that knock out easily rather than break have cut door maintenance costs by more than half for Supervalu here. 'We've literally cut door repair [...]

Supervalu continues to invest in new stores, distribution improvements and information technology, having allocated $515 million to such development for 2000, up 0.6% from 1998. In retail, expenditures will reach [...]

'We have plans to open [stores] in a couple more towns,' adds president John Kotara. 'We like to open at least one a year.' Berkot's opened its first location, in [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Aided by a onetime gain, Supervalu Inc. posted a double-digit jump in net earnings during fiscal 2005, despite a dip in the fourth quarter. Management expects further profit [...]

'Your retail execution sucks.' That was the rather blunt, but accurate, assessment Mike Terpkosh, director of category management development and retail pricing for Minneapolis-based Supervalu, received from a representative of [...]