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...Its headquarters are on the 12th floor of the iconic Art Deco building the Merchandise Mart, which was historically the home of Chicago’s wholesale goods business....
...up another food company in the way that Inbev took over Anheuser-Busch, for instance....
...Putting Kraft Foods and Cadbury together makes a mouth-watering confection....
...The company, which also operates Ralphs and Food 4 Less stores, has come under pressure to slash its prices in the recession to compete with low-price competitors such as Wal-Mart....
...Many of the Giant-Carlisle stores compete directly against Wal-Mart, the giant US discounter....
...CPI numbers showed inflation was lower than expected, with prices for March falling 0.1 per cent, and gaining 0.2 per cent excluding food and energy....
...Customers are instead focusing on buying from discount stores and purchasing necessities such as food and medicine....
...In addition to its 2,435 US Supercenters, Wal-Mart also sells food at 128 Neighborhood Markets, a grocery format the company launched in 1998....
...But he admits that the French food market has been tough with pressure on profit margins from cut-throat competition and a rise in global food prices....
...FT: Which is what Wal-Mart are doing. They have the front end of that. JLD: Which is what all international food retailers are looking for. All of us are working, I would say, on a similar scheme....
...Shares in the fast-food chain gained 0.7 per cent to $59.77....
...Pinched by higher housing, gas and food costs and worried over the economy, some consumers are making more deliberate spending choices....
...The core PPI, which excludes food and energy, rose at a slower pace, up 0.1 per cent after a gain of 0.3 per cent in June....
...Annual core inflation – which excludes food and energy prices – rose less than expected....
...natural-foods grocer....
...The company yesterday maintained its forecast of a profit of A$785m in fiscal 2006, adding that food and alcohol sales had continued to improve in the fourth quarter....
...Traditional US supermarkets have been struggling to maintain sales in the face of growing competition from Wal-Mart, now the largest US grocer, and from more upscale competitors, such as Whole Foods Market...
...Wal-Mart rose 3.2 per cent to $49.80. The S&P food and staples retail index gained 2.4 per cent....
.... , the No. 3 US grocer, on Tuesday posted its biggest quarterly sales rebound in more than three years due to improved customer service and a focus on fresh foods, and its stock rose 9 percent....
...Along with the rest of the supermarket sector, it is facing the prospect of increasing competition from Wal-Mart and other discounters....
...s food retailers in trying to fend off competition from foreign groups, introducing low prices and western business methods, such as direct sourcing and superstore formats....
...Among retailers, Costco, the bulk food club, fell 1.6 per cent to $48.10 as earnings fell short of analysts' forecasts. Discount rivals Wal-Mart and Target were also lower....
...Premier Foods recovered 1 per cent to 282.75p following a sharp fall on Friday prompted by the recall of 350 products contaminated by an illegal carcenogenic food dye....
...Even the core inflation gauge that excludes volatile food and energy expenditure exceeded forecasts....
...Matalan, the budget clothing retailer, also found itself the subject of strong speculation, as rumours that Asda, via its US parent Wal-Mart, was considering a bid....
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