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  • Kroger Q2 profit slips, but tops expectations

    Cincinnati -- The Kroger Co. reported a better-than-expected second quarter profit of $279.1 million, down from $280.8 million a year ago. The supermarket company raised its forecast for the full year, buoyed by its strong loyalty program and its ability to keep costs in line.

    Revenue, including fuel, rose 3.9% to $21.73 billion.

  • Safeway outlines three future growth platforms: Wellness, loyalty and fuel

    NEW YORK — Safeway will package $150 million in real healthcare savings into an overall wellness strategy to be implemented over the course of 2013, the grocer's chairman and CEO Steve Burd told analysts Thursday morning at the Goldman Sachs 19th Annual Global Retailing Conference.

  • Kroger details progress on energy conservation and waste reduction

    Cincinnati -- The Kroger Co. has saved more than 2.34 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which equals 1.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, in 2011, according to the chain’s sixth annual Sustainability Report.

  • Walton Foundation helps set the standard for sustainable seafood

    The Marine Stewardship Council received a nearly $11 million cash infusion from a trio of charitable foundations, including the Walton Family Foundation.

  • Supervalu to close 60 underperforming stores

    Minneapolis -- Supervalu announced Wednesday it will close about 60 underperforming or nonstrategic stores in fiscal 2012. The closings include 22 Save-A-Lot locations, 27 Albertsons stores, four Acme stores and one previously announced Jewel-Osco.

    The majority of the stores are expected to close before Dec. 1, which marks the end of the company’s fiscal 2013 third quarter.

  • Walmart a leader for Latinas, according to magazine

    Walmart was ranked second on this year’s Latina Style 50 Report, the publication announced earlier this week.

    Now in its 15th year, the Latina Style 50 report seeks to identify companies that are providing the best career opportunities for Latinas in the U.S. Cable television operator Comcast was this year’s top ranked company.

  • Supervalu to shutter 60 stores

    MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu is closing approximately 60 stores as the company moves forward with its turnaround plans. The company will shutter 38 stores in its retail food reporting segment and 22 Save-A-Lot locations. The majority of the stores are expected to close before Dec. 1, the end of the company’s fiscal 2013 third quarter.

  • Merging POS and Loyalty Card Data to Increase Sales, Customer Insights for Retailers

    By Kent Smith, Kent.Smith@galleria-rts.com

    Virtually all grocery stores, especially large chain grocery operators, are dealing with the same dilemma when it comes to clustering customers by linking point-of-sale data with loyalty card program information.

    And, based on the two very different types of data generated by POS and loyalty cards, it’s obvious to see why grocers are in a quandary on how to approach the issue.

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