{"id":368,"date":"2011-06-14T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2011\/06\/supermarket-and-convenience-store-industry-updates-june-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:17:00","slug":"supermarket-and-convenience-store-industry-updates-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2011\/06\/supermarket-and-convenience-store-industry-updates-june-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermarket and Convenience Store Industry Updates | June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alon USA Energy Inc<\/b>. has announced that effective May 3, 2011, Paul Eisman was named CEO of the company in addition to his role as President, and that Jeff Morris was named Vice Chairman of the board of directors and will continue to serve as an executive of the company.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Brookshire Grocery Co<\/span><\/b>. named David Krause Senior VP of category management.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Joseph Kelley, a former\u00a0Price Chopper<\/b>\u00a0executive, has been named CEO of\u00a0Marsh Supermarkets<\/b>. Frank Lazaran, chairman, president and CEO of Marsh, plans to step down at the end of the month for family-related reasons, the company said Tuesday.<\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Kroger<\/b>\u00a0has named Keith Dailey to be its new spokesman and Director of Corporate Communications.<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Kum & Go LLC<\/b>\u00a0named Franci M. Phelan Senior VP of Human Resources and promoted Charles W. Campbell to VP and General Counsel.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Shaw’s Supermarkets<\/span><\/b>\u00a0said that Larry Wahlstrom will retire as President of the chain this spring and will be succeeded by Mike Stigers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sunflower Farmers Market<\/b>\u00a0announced that Chris Sherrell has been appointed CEO of the company, a position he has held on an interim basis since CEO Michael Gilliland resigned on Feb. 12.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Supervalu<\/b>\u00a0promoted three executives in its retail market development division, according to a report published Wednesday at GlobeSt.com. Joe McKeska and Mark Lavin were promoted to group VP real estate and market and development, in the East and West regions, respectively. And Sharon Lessard, who heads Supervalu\u2019s store design team, has been promoted to chief design officer<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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SUPERVALU INC.<\/b>\u00a0announced that Santiago Roces will be the new CEO and President for Save-A-Lot. Roces, 48, replaces Bill Shaner.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
Weis Markets<\/b>\u00a0announced that it has hired Robert Cline, a former Senior HR Business Partner at Staples, to be its new Director of Training and Organizational Development.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Spartan Stores\u00a0<\/b>announced fiscal 2011 sales of $2.53 billion.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tesco USA\/Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market\u00a0<\/b>reported fiscal 2010 sales in the\u00a0U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u00a0of $816 million.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Mergers and Acquisitions:<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
7-Eleven Inc<\/span><\/b>. has purchased the 188\u00a0Wilson Farms<\/b>\u00a0convenience store chain.<\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
High’s of Baltimore Inc<\/b>. sold 20 of its High’s Dairy Stores to multiple buyers, including national consolidators, regional jobbers and individual store operators, according to Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. The units were all directly operated by High’s.<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sprouts Farmers Market<\/b>\u00a0has completed its merger with\u00a0Henry’s Farmers Market<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Sun Harvest Farmers Market<\/b>\u00a0and plans to spend the next few months “carefully analyzing best practices and
\nproducts [of each one] to become more than just the sum of our parts.”\u00a0\u00a0Henry’s and Sun Harvest were sold to Sprouts by\u00a0Smart & Final LLC<\/b>. With the deal completed, Sprouts will operate 99 stores with estimated sales exceeding $1 billion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tops Friendly Markets<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has asked the Federal Trade Commission for approval to sell 3 former P&C stores to a group headed by the former chief executive of their previous owner,\u00a0Penn Traffic.<\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Associated Grocers of Maine<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has closed its operations and will liquidate its business after being placed in receivership.<\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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7-Eleven<\/b>\u00a0is planning to nearly double its number of stores in\u00a0Hawaii<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u00a0to 100 during the next five years. The expansion will mean millions of dollars of investment for Seven-Eleven Hawaii Inc., which will employ twice as many people when all 100 stores are open, the report noted. Total head count would grow from 870 employees now to nearly 1,600, according to President and CEO Greg Hanna, who took over the top job at\u00a0Seven-Eleven Hawaii<\/b>\u00a0in September.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Albeco Inc<\/b>. is seeking\u00a0growth opportunities throughout the\u00a0San Francisco<\/st1:placename>\u00a0Bay<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>\u00a0area of CA during the coming 18 months.\u00a0 Typical leases run 35 years.\u00a0 Preferred demographics include a population of 20,000 within one mile earning $100,000 as the average household income.\u00a0 Major competitors include Whole Foods Market.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Alliance Foods, Inc.<\/b>\u00a0is seeking\u00a0growth opportunities throughout OH during the coming 18 months.\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Murry\u2019s \u2013 Family of Fine Foods<\/b>\u00a0is seeking\u00a0growth opportunities throughout\u00a0Washington<\/st1:city>,\u00a0DC<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u00a0during the coming 18 months, with representation by Solomon Real Estate, Inc. The company requires sites with adequate loading and parking areas.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Superior Grocers<\/b>\u00a0is seeking\u00a0growth opportunities throughout central and southern CA during the coming 18 months.\u00a0 The company will not consider sites north of\u00a0Bakersfield<\/st1:city>,\u00a0CA<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.\u00a0 A land area of four to five acres is required for freestanding locations.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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SUPERVALU<\/b>\u00a0plans to add 160 Save-A-Lot stores this year to 1,280 already operating, after opening 92 in 2010. SUPERVALU is focusing on the value chain after seeing same-store sales decline at its regular chains, said a spokesman.<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Weis Markets<\/b><\/span>\u00a0announced an increase of its 2011 capital expenditure budget by 7% to $110 million. The current budget includes 14 major remodels, two additions and three new\/replacement stores<\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ahold USA<\/b>\u00a0is collaborating with manufacturer trading partners via the End-to-End Promotion Management system from DemandTec. Ahold\u00a0USA<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>\u00a0also subscribes to DemandTec\u2019s Lifecycle Price Optimization system.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Three\u00a0<\/span>Rite Aid<\/b><\/span>\u00a0stores in\u00a0New England<\/st1:place>\u00a0have received Energy Star certification from the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Weis Markets<\/b>\u00a0said it cut energy use by 30% at a distribution center in\u00a0Milton<\/st1:city>,\u00a0PA<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><\/span>\u00a0by upgrading its lighting system. The system uses low-watt fluorescent and LED lighting, reducing kilowatt hours at the 1.1 million-square-foot facility from 6.4 million a year to 1.3 million.<\/span>

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Personnel: Alon USA Energy Inc. has announced that effective May 3, 2011, Paul Eisman was named CEO of the company in addition to his role as President, and that Jeff Morris was named Vice Chairman of the board of directors and will continue to serve as an executive of the company. Brookshire Grocery Co. named… Continue reading Supermarket and Convenience Store Industry Updates | June 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[6,11],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grocery-convenience","tag-csg-old","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}