In battle of retailers and grocers, BJ’s Wholesale Club eyes expansion far beyond New England
The Massachusetts-born discount chain, facing off against the larger Costco and Sam’s Club, has ambitions of spanning the ...
Inside the “very, very guarded” agreements that dictate what’s sold in grocery stores — and the cost
Supermarkets’ cooperative marketing agreements are often “very, very tightly guarded documents,” John said. Outside of a ...
Biggest question from Kroger-Albertsons trials: What’s a grocery store?
At the heart of the fight to block the $24.6 billion merger is the debate over how Americans buy their groceries.
The San Bernardino Sun16d
Who is C&S Wholesale, potential buyer of 63 Albertsons stores in California?
The Kroger-Albertsons tie-up would mean spinning off nearly 600 stores, 63 of them in California, to C&S Wholesale Grocers ...
Blocking Kroger and Albertsons’ Merger Won’t Fix Americans’ Grocery Problems
Blocking the Kroger-Albertsons’ merger deal won’t fix Americans’ queasy feelings when they get to the checkout register at ...
Orange County Register16d
Who is C&S Wholesale, potential buyer of 63 Albertsons stores in California?
So, who is C&S Wholesale? Longtime retail analyst Craig ... curate and distribute products to independent grocery stores. Q: So, C&S is everywhere? A: Yes, you’re unaware that you see them ...
Washington state’s experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons’ deal with Kroger
Lawyers for Washington state will have past grocery chain mergers – and their negative consequences – in mind when they go to ...
The Denver Post12d
A state’s experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons’ deal with Kroger
FILE – A grocery cart rests in a cart return area with ... The state attorney general’s office says the proposed buyer, C&S ...
Kroger-Albertsons merger could impact access to food in South Kitsap
The Kitsap County Board of Commissioners wrote in a resolution they are concerned the national merger could reduce access to ...
The Business Journals29d
Kroger-Albertsons merger: FTC grills C&S exec about ability to absorb 579 stores
the buyer of grocery stores they agreed to divest took the spotlight on Thursday. Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission grilled a top executive of C&S Wholesale Grocers about how the company ...