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Maybe the next Kroger CEO is the friends we made along the way: If you’re placing bets right now on who will fill Kroger’s vacant CEO post, you are truly a bold gambler. As a piece published ...
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Who’s the real 800-pound gorilla? Walmart and Amazon are often compared as the biggest retailers on the block when it comes from everything from household goods to groceries, but a new column in ...
After expanding primarily through acquisitions for most of its history, the 86-unit Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee-based chain is becoming more aggressive in internal growth, opening four new stores ...
What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? The grocery business is and always has been a people business. Information, data, products, trends, etc. will always change our direction and ...
id $1.54 million for the two stores and their inventory in a transaction approved by the separate bankruptcy courts overseeing each company. "Buying the Peter's supermarkets at these excellent ...
Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing health. Baker's, founded in 1947, operates 22 stores in Nebraska and Oklahoma and ...
The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu wholesale food divisions in Anniston and Atlanta. The new Southeast division will serve 225 retailers in Alabama ...
two new vice presidents for its store operations and marketing departments. Larry Stepp was promoted to vice president, Hispanic operations. Mike Mortensen was named vice president, grocery/liquor ...
What’s the best part of your job? I get to travel the world in search of product and programs to bring points of difference to our clients in the USA. Being able to work with companies that want ...
said last week it has selected Richard Saker, currently president and chief operating officer, to be its chief executive officer. He succeeds his father, Joseph Saker, who will continue as chairman.
Zincke plans to retire Oct. 31 after a 40-year career with the company, most recently as executive vice president overseeing Kroger's merchandising strategy. Kroger also announced the promotion of ...