Sentences with phrase «supermarket chain said»

The former head of the Gristedes supermarket chain said he «feels the pain» of store owners in the city.

A spokeswoman for the natural - food supermarket chain said the company denied Mack's allegations.

On Friday, representatives of the three major local supermarket chains said they are already voluntarily complying with the standard imposed by the law.

Not exact matches

«This is Canada,» he says, as he shows off his shop, located in a spacious open - air mall that also houses a major supermarket chain and two places to buy alcohol.

After a year - end sales slump, for example, the Albertson's supermarket chain pulled SoapWorks products, only to be confronted by customers «who went back in droves, saying, «Where is this product?

Iceland, a big supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, says it will ban plastic packaging on its own brand products in 2023

March 27 - Southeastern Grocers LLC, which operates supermarket chains Winn - Dixie and Bi-Lo, said on Tuesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

March 27 - Southeastern Grocers LLC, the Florida - based operator of supermarket chains Winn - Dixie and Bi-Lo, said on Tuesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure debt.

The company said its first quarter sales increased 43 % from a year ago to $ 51 billion, with some of the growth coming from the acquisition of the Whole Foods supermarket chain in August.

In Denmark supermarket chains Bilka and Fotex said their websites had been taken down by cyber attacks at the launch of their Black Friday campaigns.

Kroger, which also owns supermarket chains such as Ralphs and Harris Teeter in addition to its namesake stores recently lowered its annual profit forecast, with McMullen saying.»

There could be more consolidation too — there are rumours that Empire, which owns Sobeys supermarkets, might be interested in drugstore chain Jean Coutu Group — but Hagedorn says the pickings are getting slimmer.

Richard Braddock, the former Citicorp and Priceline executive who is now FreshDirect's chairman, said he thought the company could eventually have operating margins of about 10 percent, compared with 3 or 4 percent at a typical supermarket chain.

Such managers bring skills «that you don't get in retail,» says Bill Gillispie, a supermarket veteran who has run store brand programs at Supervalu's Save - A-Lot chain.

One reason: A single percentage point shift in food and beverage sales from branded items to house lines translates into a $ 5.5 billion gain in sales for the supermarket chains, says Packaged Facts Publisher David Sprinkle.

The company said its executives and their advisers have been reviewing the supermarket chain's stores for several months, looking at their profitability and their impact on their individual markets.

Politicians call for watchdog to gauge affects of deal, saying it should not hurt suppliersMPs from two parliamentary committees have called on the competition regulator to examine how the merger of Sainsbury's and Asda will affect suppliers.The merger of the UK's second - and third - largest supermarket chains could hand them control of about 30 % of the -LSB-...]

«Customers don't enjoy lugging large shopping carts down long supermarket aisles, but they enjoy picking quality meats and vegetables,» says Shouraboura, who worked on Bezos» senior leadership team and helped oversee Amazon's global supply chain.

«A family should be together on Sundays,» Olszewska said after buying some food at a local Biedronka, a large discount supermarket chain.

The Butcher Shoppe competes with a number of regional supermarket chains as well as Walmart and Target, so Keath says going the extra mile for customers is one way it distinguishes itself.

We're able to enter supermarkets such as Wal - Mart, Publix and other food chains,» he says.

«We decided to distribute directly to the supermarket chains so that we could provide fresher, better tasting fruit, which is a radical shift from the traditional importer model,» Sallin says.

Prominent supermarket chains are starting to recognize the buying power of minority communities, Quesada says.

One said: «Foster's is focused on the supermarket chains and we are treated like second - second - rate citizens.»

He says the discount selling of Aldi and Cosco, two foreign - owned supermarket chains which have something like seven percent of the Australian grocery market compared to around 75 - 80 percent held by the Coles / Woolworths duopoly, forces the duopoly to reduce costs and returns to Australian producers.

Coles said the increases were unjustified and refused to pay, prompting Arnott's to stop shipping Tim Tams and other products to Australia's second - largest supermarket chain's warehouses from early October.

But chief executive Darren De Bortoli said the biggest threat to his business - as well as other winemakers - was not the rising dollar, which was making exports uncompetitive, nor the power of the two leading supermarket chains, but the «rorting» of the WET tax rebate by small uneconomic growers who are flooding the market with cheap loss - making wine.

«At the retail level there is competition between the two major supermarket chains, dairies, service stations and other retailers,» said Commission chair Dr Mark Berry.

«The reality is supermarkets aren't going anywhere and neither is agriculture and we need to all be able to sit down and have a serious look at supply chain solutions,» he said.

«Furthermore, the increase in market share as a result of the proposed acquisition would be relatively small and JBS would continue to be constrained in the market for the acquisition of fat cattle by a number of alternative abattoirs and supermarket chains,» Mr Sims said.

But Brian Ahmed, president of the egg group at the Victorian Farmers Federation, said keeping eggs refrigerated in supermarkets remains the «missing link» in the food safety chain.

«Tesco stands out from the crowd in their enthusiasm for tackling food waste, but many of the supermarkets are united in inaction,» says head of communications and policy Jessica Sinclair - Taylor, «Supermarkets have outsized power in our food system, and its only right that they take action to tackle the food waste that their policies and practices create — whether that's in store, or in their supply csupermarkets are united in inaction,» says head of communications and policy Jessica Sinclair - Taylor, «Supermarkets have outsized power in our food system, and its only right that they take action to tackle the food waste that their policies and practices create — whether that's in store, or in their supply cSupermarkets have outsized power in our food system, and its only right that they take action to tackle the food waste that their policies and practices create — whether that's in store, or in their supply chain.»

Maggie Beer Products chairman Trevor O'Hoy said on Tuesday the review found the business was on a solid footing but needed to rev up growth beyond the core markets of pate, pastes and premium ice - cream which were in «mature» segments, where there was rising pressure for promotional spending from big supermarket chains stocking the products.

«Private brand strategies are critical for the Australian supermarkets, as consumers view this as central to the overall price positioning of each chain,» said Mr Kierath.

He said the supermarket chains controlled about 70 per cent of liquor sales.

Woolworths Group chief executive Brad Banducci says the supermarket chain can fund its ambitious store renewal program without $ 1.8 billion in cash from the sale of its fuel business, which has been blocked by the competition regulator.

«Mallee Park piggery is a quality intensive livestock operation boasting a very good supply contract with one of Australia's major supermarket chains,» said Colliers International's Jesse Manuel, who negotiated the sale alongside colleague Tim Altschwager.

Mr Daunt agrees, saying the UK market is more competitive than Australia because the top five chains share about 70 per cent of supermarket sales, similar to the combined share of Woolworths and Coles.

«Aldi's long - term gains in terms of market share indicate that the European supermarket chain is on the up and up,» said Roy Morgan account manager Warren Reid.

[130]... Metcash and Pick n Pay, on the other hand, say that, if the acquisition of Franklins by Metcash does not proceed, each of the 80 Franklins Corporate Stores will be sold to one of the major supermarket chains, or sold to an independent grocery retailer, or closed.

Metcash chief executive Ian Morrice has called for a code of conduct for petrol retailers, saying «predatory» petrol pricing by the major supermarket chains should not be allowed to continue.

[para 385] Having said this, a case could be made, on the evidence, that the market of interest was a wholesale market, with the major supermarket chains providing an indirect constraint on the participants in that market.

Fairfax produced an editorial on the issue yesterday («Coles» purchase of Supabarn faces competition test by ACCC» (The Canberra Times, 15 July 2015)-RRB- and, surprisingly enough, Master Grocers Australia has called for the acquisition to be blocked («Supabarn to Coles should be blocked by ACCC, Master Grocers Australia says» (666 ABC Canberra, 15 July 2015) and John Thistleton, «Independent supermarkets object to Coles buying Supabarn chain» (SMH, 14 July 2015)-RRB-.

AFGC chief executive Gary Dawson said research conducted by Deloitte Access Economics and released by Coles shows that the supermarket chain's product range has dropped by 11 per cent between mid 2010 and mid 2012.

«Supermarkets and retail chains have enormous power,» says Professor John Cole, from the Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development at the University of Southern Queensland.

Although supermarket chains like South Africa's Massmart and Kenya's Uchumi are expanding in Africa, there are still relatively few trading environments where products like chocolate can be kept cool, MacDougall said.

They said it would create an illusion that supermarkets had done their bit, while failing to address the wider issue of overproduction in the food industry as well as the wastage in food distribution chains.

«I didn't study the playbook, so Aaron didn't throw me the ball too often,» says Jackson, who is now the co-owner of a supermarket chain.

The Northlake - based chain said the 50,000 - square - foot store, which would employ 200 people in full - and part - time positions, would be the first full - service supermarket opened in the Lawndale and Garfield Park communities in 30 years.

A bankruptcy judge has given Tops Friendly Markets permission to close underperforming stores, but the troubled supermarket chain still isn't saying which stores might go dark.