Albertsons shops in gourmet aisle with purchase of Bristol Farms
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LOS ANGELES Grocery giant Albertsons says it has purchased Bristol Farms, which operates eleven upscale stores in Southern California.
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At the corner of Eighth Street SE near Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the busy Eastern Market Metro station and not far from a pet store called Pawticulars, there is a Starbucks, naturally. Lots of foot traffic. People walking their dogs. Going to work. Coming home. Stopping for tall lattes.
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Supervalu Inc.  said on  Wednesday it has earmarked &#36;1 billion of capital spending for  its retail operations in fiscal 2007 as it integrates the  stores it acquired from Albertsons Inc.
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One natural foods supermarket will acquire another for $565 million.
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Bird&#39;s Custard and Angel Delight have been sold for Â£70m to Premier Foods, the group which owns Ambrosia rice pudding and Rowntree&#39;s jelly.
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SCAGGSVILLE, Md. -- Stephanie Cerneck doesn't go through the checkout line at her supermarket anymore. Or even the self-checkout line. She uses a personal scanner offered by the Bloom grocery store near her home, scanning each item as she takes it off the shelf and bagging as she shops. When she's...
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By Melissa McGrath, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 15--The Albertsons Boise Open golf tournament raised $924,500 for charities throughout the Boise area, tournament officials said at a luncheon Thursday in Downtown Boise.   Twelve charities took home $25,000 checks this year.
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The operator of some of Americaâs best-known shopping centres - New Yorkâs South Street Seaport, Chicagoâs Water Tower Place and Bostonâs Faneuil Hall Marketplace â-greed to be sold yesterday in a $12.
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Somerfield is embarking on a rapid expansion by buying small Safeway stores that are no longer wanted by WM Morrison. Having fended off an unwanted takeover bid last year, Somerfield raised Â£51m through a
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A town that hasn't had a grocery store for at least a decade may soon have two. A Super Stop &amp; Shop is set to open today on Plymouth Street in Halifax, and about a year from now, Wal-Mart expects to open a nearby ''supercenter&quot; that would include a full-scale supermarket.
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Here's a sneaky way to invest in a grade-A retailer.
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AMSTERDAM  - Global food retailer Royal Ahold NV said Thursday it will sell two of its U.S. grocery chains, BI-LO and Bruno's, to Dallas-based Lone Star Funds for &#36;560 million US in cash.
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This market is presenting some amazing bargains. Here's one of the best.
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The supermarket chain looks likely to ring up profits for investors, but they should wait for a sale.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Buoyed by one-off gains from the sale of property assets and a New Zealand department store business, Australasian retailer Foodland Associated Ltd.
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David Kidd, an English transplant to San Francisco by way of New York, has opened a British specialty food store offering a whole range of groceries and frozen foods imported from the United Kingdom.
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On a recent Wednesday night at the Lifestyles shop on Moody Street, owner Gary Stone gestured toward a couple in their 40s who were perusing the store's lengthy wall of sex toys. They were dressed smartly, as if they had just dined at one of Waltham's fancier downtown restaurants.