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 ...

Looking back on some of the biggest grocery M&A activity in 2024, the most widely followed effort was the failed $24.6 billion megamerger attempt by Kroger and Albertsons, but that wasn’t the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SUPERVALU TAPS DESMOND AS VP OF REAL ESTATEnted Matthew Desmond as corporate vice president, real estate. Also, Supervalu's board of directors elected Desmond as a company officer. In his newly ...

Kroger Restaurant Supply is aimed at small and independent restaurants making smaller, more frequent orders, the Kroger Dallas Division said. Kroger Dallas ...

June saw some significant moves in the retail C-suite. Ahold Delhaize USA named Jason Wilson CFO—the fourth executive change Ahold U.S. has made in recent months. Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel ...