Supermarket/Grocery

Safeway sells 11 Dominick’s stores to Roundy’s
Pleasanton, Calif. -- Safeway Inc. announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell 11 of its Dominick's stores in the Chicago metropolitan area in a cash and lease assumption transaction to Roundy's, Inc. Roundy's will take possession of the stores during a transition period that will take place over the next two months.
Office Depot names Wendy’s exec as CFO
Boca Raton, Fla. -- Office Depot, formed by the merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax, announced the appointment of Stephen Hare as executive VP and CFO, effective immediately. Hare replaces co-CFO Mike Newman, who has retired from the company, and interim Co-CFO Deb O’Connor, who has returned to her position as senior VP, finance and co-chief accounting officer.

Tops Friendly Markets returns to local ownership

Williamsville, N.Y. -- Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in upstate New York, Northern Pennsylvania, and Western Vermont, announced that the previously announced acquisition of Tops Holding II by a group of senior managers of the company led by Tops president and CEO, Frank Curci, closed on Dec. 1.
Big Lots appoints three general merchandise managers

Columbus, Ohio -- Big Lots announced the appointment of three general merchandise managers as part of realigning the merchandising organization into customer-centric categories of food and consumables, furniture and home decor, and seasonal, toys and electronics.

Trey Johnson was promoted to senior VP, general merchandise manager for food and consumables.
Project Profile: Yorktown Centre

Location: Downtown Erie, Pa.
Size: 196,728 sq. ft.
Developer: Existing property acquired in August 2013 by Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.
Major tenants: Giant Eagle, Panera Bread, The UPS Store, GNC, Wells Fargo, Eat’n Park
Project Profile: Thornwood Village Center

Location: Thornwood, N.Y., in Westchester County
Size: 20,175 sq. ft.
Developer: DLC Management Corp.
Major tenants: Walgreens
Status: Complete
Project Profile: Belmont Chase

Location: Ashburn, Va.
Size: Approximately 100,000 sq. ft.
Developer: Regency Centers
Major tenants: Whole Foods Market will anchor the project. Regency is currently negotiating with prospective specialty retail, restaurant and health and wellness tenants.
Status: Proposed start is spring 2014, with completion planned for fall 2014.
The Comeback Is On

Developers in the Northeast are renovating, redeveloping and raising rents
What are retail shopping center developers up to in the vibrant northeastern region of the United States?
All across the Northeast — in which we include Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the traditional northeastern states to the north — developers are renovating, redeveloping, raising rents, welcoming tenants and starting to get back to normal.
Paid in Full

New technology makes paying the bill easier than ever for customers
Logic dictates that the easier it is for customers to pay for goods, the more likely they are to purchase them. Long lines, fumbling for cash or a payment card, and even the simple act of waiting for an associate to ring up a sale at a traditional fixed POS terminal are all impediments to converting sales from busy and distracted consumers.
Retail Universal Waste Compliance Doesn’t Need to Be Difficult

By Scott Thibodeau, [email protected]
Survey: Birthday greetings build customer loyalty

New York - Companies seeking to get closer to their customers simply need to remember and acknowledge their birthdays. A new online survey conducted by analytics and marketing technology provider Fulcrum finds that nearly three-out-of-four (74%) consumers who received birthday messages from a company they do business with thought more positively of the company afterward.
WinCo opens Arizona store Dec. 5; plans Texas entry in 2014

Boise, Idaho -- WinCo Foods will open a store in Glibert, Ariz., on Dec. 5. The supermarket occupies approximately 97,000 sq. ft. and will include WinCo's new red and black decor package that creates a solid, clean feel and coordinates with the hundreds of new WinCo Foods private label products the company has recently introduced.