Retail News Breaks Archives

Week of Mon, Sep 6th, 2010

Publix promotes DiBenedetto to VP

Publix Super Markets Inc. has promoted Joseph DiBenedetto to vice president of its Atlanta division, effective January 1, 2011.

Whole Foods enacts supplier packaging guidelines

Whole Foods Market Inc. has enacted responsible packaging guidelines for all of its body care and supplement suppliers, numbering more than 2,100, and has adopted post-consumer recycled (PCR) content bottles for several private label supplements and body care products.

A&P to sell 7 stores to Big Y

A&P has agreed to sell seven stores in northern Connecticut to Big Y Foods Inc., a regional supermarket chain based in Springfield, Mass.

Walmart revamps merchandising organization

Walmart has restructured its merchandising organization and named two new executive vice presidents within that organization.