Bozzuto’s deal with Baltimore supermarket may lead to more Mid-Atlantic distribution
Bozzuto’s officials believe their new relationship with Baltimore-based retailer Mars Super Markets can help the distributor expand in the Mid-Atlantic states, according to a story last week in Supermarket News. Mars operates 17 stores in the Baltimore area, and the new deal may allow Bozzuto’s to compete more directly with the Associated Wholesalers Inc. (AWI) cooperative. According to […]
Flanders store is Weis Markets fifth in New Jersey
Weis Markets announced yesterday that its new store in Flanders is the fifth New Jersey store operated by the PA-based food retailer. Grand opening ceremonies were held for the company’s 58,500 square foot supermarket in Sutton Plaza Shopping Center in a space that used to be occupied by A&P. Weis operates 166 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, […]
Kroger could be a player in Safeway sale
According to published reports, Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., recently approached Safeway about buying part of its operations. The reports also said that Kroger contacted Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that is considered the favorite to purchase Safeway, about buying some stores that Cerberus may not want. Cerberus led the investor […]
Walmart, Kroger, Costco boast top sales volumes for U.S. food retailers
Last month Supermarket News released its annual ranking of the Top 75 Food Retailers and Wholesalers in the United States. The top 10 remained the same from last year, with the exception of Supervalu, which dropped from six to 16 as a result of the sale of 877 Albertsons stores in 2013. The top 10 retailers are […]
Redner’s Markets ranked 4th on national list of small grocery chains
Supermarket News released its annual list of the Top 50 Small Chains & Independents a couple weeks ago. Topping the list is PAQ, a California-based retailer that operates stores in Northern California and Hawaii. Lowe’s Markets, based in Texas, was second, and California-based Northgate Gonzalez Market was third. Redner’s Markets was the top Philadelphia area company […]
Small format plans get bigger for Walmart
Walmart announced last week that it plans to open 270-300 new Neighborhood Market and Walmart Express stores in the next year. Late last year it had announced that they would open only 120-150 of the small format stores (Walmart to accelerate small format growth). The forecast for 115 new supercenters remains unchanged. The existing 346 […]
Whole Foods closing in on $1,000 in sales per square foot
Whole Foods announced earlier this month that its stores generated an average of $983 in annual sales per square foot (PSF) in 2013. According to statistics published by the Food Marketing Institute, the average sales PSF for supermarkets in the United States is $360 (based on a median total store size of 46,000 and median weekly […]
Jonathan Weis named Weis Markets President and CEO
Jonathan Weis was named President and CEO of Weis Markets, following in his father Robert’s footsteps. Robert currently serves as Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Jonathan Weis has been with the company since 1989 and has served in a number of roles, most recently as interim CEO, and Vice Chairman and Corporate Secretary. […]
ShopRite to open in Lower Makefield, PA
Nearly three years after Super Fresh closed its doors at Oxford Oaks Shopping Center in Lower Makefield, PA (Bucks County), ShopRite announced that it will gut and renovate the 57,000 square foot space and open later this year. ShopRite of Hunterdon County, which operates three stores in New Jersey, will own and operate the new store, and has plans […]
Safeway confirms that it may sell
In October I wrote about a published report that claimed Cerberus was looking into a takeover of all or part of Safeway. Yesterday Safeway confirmed that discussions were taking place involving a possible sale of the company. In a statement, the company said it “has not reached an agreement on a transaction, and there can […]