The use of biometric data to suggest items to shoppers or adjust prices could soon be banned in Massachusetts grocery stores. Bills in both the state House of Representatives and the state Senate have ...

Natural Grocers will close a store in Austin, Texas in October. The store, the Austin – Arbor Walk location, at 10515 N. MoPac Expressway, will close Oct. 2, 2025, Natural Grocers announced Tuesday.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here has named new presidents at three wholesale food divisions.Anniston, Ala..The Southeast division combines the administrative operations of separate Supervalu ...

KROGER'S ZINCKE RETIRES; FIVE OTHERS PROMOTEDZincke plans to retire Oct. 31 after a 40-year career with the company, most recently as executive vice president overseeing Kroger's merchandising ...

ARLINGTON, Mass. -- Brigham's has reformulated 70% of the Elan Frozen Yogurt frozen dessert line.gham's purchased last summer.Brigham's said it reformulated the products by using what it described ...

IN MEMORIAM The food industry said goodbye to several friends in 1999.following:Abe Baker, 95, founder of Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb. Baker died in January after several years of failing ...

K-VA-T'S NEW FOCUS ABINGDON, Va. -- K-VA-T Food Stores here is entering a new growth phase.After expanding primarily through acquisitions for most of its history, the 86-unit Kentucky-Virginia ...

RICHARD SAKER TO SUCCEED FATHER AS FOODARAMA CEO said last week it has selected Richard Saker, currently president and chief operating officer, to be its chief executive officer. He succeeds his ...

GIANT EAGLE OFFERS INK CARTRIDGE REFILLS PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here is testing ink jet printer cartridge centers in three stores.The new service, believed to be the first of its kind in a ...

LUND FOOD HOLDINGS ACQUIRES RICK'S MARKETS has acquired Rick's Markets, a three-unit operator in the Twin Cities, a spokeswoman for Lund told SN. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Lund ...

FOOD 4 LESS ELEVATES TWO TO VICE PRESIDENT POSTStwo new vice presidents for its store operations and marketing departments. Larry Stepp was promoted to vice president, Hispanic operations. Mike ...

Bill Wilson is the senior editor at Supermarket News, covering all things grocery and retail. He has been a journalist in the B2B industry for 25 years. He has received two Robert F. Boger awards ...