Sentences with phrase «largest chain of stores»

During a November 2008 news conference in Washington, DC, HSUS revealed the results of an 8 month investigation into Petland Inc., the country's largest chain of stores that sell puppies.

The company has grown to be the largest chain of stores that still sells books and much of its competition is on the ropes.

Not exact matches

It is one of the largest food and drug chains in the U.S., with more than 2,200 stores in 33 states, including brands such as Acme, Safeway, and Tom Thumb.

The parent company umbrellas Lidl, a successful grocery - store chain and the second largest in Germany behind Aldi, and Kaufland, a chain of «hypermarket» stores similar to Walmart.

Dunn Brothers Coffee This St. Paul, Minn. - based franchise is the ninth - largest coffee chain in the U.S., but most of its 92 locations can be mistaken for indie coffeehouses — beans are roasted daily in the store, local music and art are the featured decor, and owner / operators are encouraged to make their stores hubs of neighborhood activity.

The suburban shopping mall has long been the bastion of Big Retail, dominated by large department stores and nationwide chains.

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

It's part of a far - reaching effort by the nation's largest department store chain to regain its former mantle as a tastemaker among better brands at its 664 stores nationwide.

The small stores were being bought out by large chains or put out of business by them.

The chain is the largest in the U.S. by store count of any quick - service chain with nearly 26,000 locations, well above the 14,000 McDonald's (mcd) restaurants in this country.

Nearly 10 years later, he's proven to be more than capable of running the country's largest grocery - store chain.

Zellers is Canada's second - largest chain of discount stores and has been acquired by American chain, Target.

This time, the nation's fourth largest retailer, Home Depot, possibly fell victim to malicious and vengeful acts of sophisticated hackers who exposed customer information that could affect all of the chain's 2,200 stores.

April 18 - Bon - Ton Stores Inc won court approval on Wednesday for a bid to wind down its operations, clearing the way for one of the largest U.S. department store chains to begin selling everything from its store inventory to leases and fixtures.

Until 1983, Phil Kelly was chairman of Marshall Field's, by far the largest department - store chain in Chicago.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

Toys «R» Us Inc, the largest U.S. toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry caught in a vice-like grip of online shopping and discount chains.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX: L) plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada's largest grocery chain works to ramp up sales of its hip fashion line to help bolster earnings that dropped by 19 per cent in its most recent quarter.

The discount chain, which is the world's largest company, reported on Thursday that comparable sales at its namesake U.S. stores rose 2.7 % in the third quarter, their 13th straight period of growth.

The founder and chief executive of Canada's largest dollar - store chain, Rossy, who is 67, still worries about banal details.

Head north along Cambie Street for a great view of downtown Vancouver and to visit one of the many large chain stores, such as Home Depot, Canadian Tire or Whole Foods that dot Cambie Street.

Back then, only two of the mall's three large anchor stores — the Bon Marche and J.C. Penney — were part of national chains.

The department store competitor owns a collection of smaller shops, including Home Goods and Marshalls, that have an even bigger footprint than the largest clothing shop in the U.S., another off - price chain called Ross.

Duane Reade, a subsidiary of the Walgreen Company, is the New York metro area's largest regional drug store chain -LSB-...]

Medium and large - chain grocery stores nationwide including Ralph's, Stater Brothers, Vons (Safeway) and Giant, have followed suit with a twist: membership is free, but without becoming a member you do not get to take advantage of sales prices.

The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.

This can be a much easier path of entry since it facilitates quicker participation by the large chain store companies in the space without ever enduring the risks faced by startups to drive this industry.

Jollibee is the largest fast food chain brand in the Philippines, with a network of more than 1000 stores.

Brent Sonnek - Schmelz, formerly a principal at a private equity fund and currently CFO and GC of Soccer Post, (the largest chain of soccer specialty stores in the country) added: «The key is demonstrating a good market opportunity and explaining a path to growth and profitability that makes sense; and you can have an upside case, if everything goes perfectly, but be realistic an assume there will be some bumps.»

Macy's, one of the world's largest fashion retailers and the largest U.S. department store chain by sales, has about 885 outlets, most of them Macy's and upscale Bloomingdale's.

What is amazing is that for about the same amount of money he bought the largest furniture store chain in Texas and no one ever talks about that purchase.

The sandwich chain surpassed the world's largest hamburger chain in terms of number of stores in the US in 2002 and now it has taken the global lead.

For My Mom One Loaf Of UDI's cost $ 5.25 an she usually gets me three to four as it sells fast but unlike you, Dr. Oz an others we don't have A Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Bj's Just Two Local Stores Which Are Pricey yes it's nice to still have local places Vs chains yet they don't get a run for there money they price as they wish an for one that eats this way for health not just to be trendy we need better prices, a larger selection of products an people with knowledge for what we go through....Of UDI's cost $ 5.25 an she usually gets me three to four as it sells fast but unlike you, Dr. Oz an others we don't have A Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Bj's Just Two Local Stores Which Are Pricey yes it's nice to still have local places Vs chains yet they don't get a run for there money they price as they wish an for one that eats this way for health not just to be trendy we need better prices, a larger selection of products an people with knowledge for what we go through....of products an people with knowledge for what we go through......

In most other areas of the country, large chains make up the landscape of convenience stores, so we have a very diverse group of customers.»

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As one of the nation's largest producers of bagels, National Choice Bakery serves nearly every national brand name and many grocery store chains with bagels made the traditional way.

«We ship to a large amount of national chains — about 20,000 restaurants and 10,000 stores, either grocery, club or mass merchandising; in - store bakeries; caterers; casual eateries; and most recently, convenience stores,» President Brian McGuire says.

«Speedway is one of the top - five largest convenience store chains in the United States, and MaMa Rosa's is the largest and most successful pizza - by - the - slice brand in convenience stores in the United States right now,» Mackin says.

FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores.

In 2010, CDG acquired a chain of retail stores known as Big Daddy's, allowing for the distribution group to etch out an even larger share of the beer, wines and spirits market on the islands.

Over the years, we've worked with a major Midwest supermarket chain, a large player in the frozen aisle of grocery stores nationwide and disruptive upstarts such as AeroFarms, a vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J. Throughout those engagements, we conducted extensive shopper research — both quantitative as well as in - depth ethnographic «shop along» interviews.

Large and even small retailers have committed themselves to an aggressive store - brands strategy while specialty chains are using their own brands to create shopper loyalty unheard of only a few years ago.

You can typically find them in stores like Whole Foods and independent natural and health food stores, as well as in the natural foods sections of larger chain stores.

Those extra sales came after Wattle signed a string of supply deals in the past few months including with Australian supermarket wholesaler Metcash, which supplies IGA stores, and southern China's largest mother and baby retailer, Aiyingdao Zhuhai Business Chain.

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Processes such as contract approvals were becoming more complicated and CCA's smaller operational customers, such as convenience stores and food bars, accused the company of favouring the larger chains and charging more than it used to.

Large and even small retailers have committed themselves to an aggressive store brands strategy while specialty chains are using their own brands to create shopper loyalty unheard of only a few years ago.

The Alliance is co-chaired by Conagra Brands, one of the world's largest food processors, Wegman's Food Markets, a leading U.S. grocery store chain, and Yum!

At its peak Eagle Boys, founded in Albury in 1987, was Australia's second largest pizza chain, with about 340 stores and more than 12 per cent of the pizza market, behind Domino's and ahead of Pizza Hut, which is owned by Yum!

You can usually find Violife original slices in larger stores of the most popular supermarket chains.