Retail News

To win market share, Target said it will open at midnight on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, or Nov. 25 this year.

Retail cooperative Wakefern Food Corp., which owns the ShopRite and PriceRite retail banners, reported $12.8 billion in retail sales for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1, up 8.5 percent from the prior year, while the company also generated $9.5 billion in warehouse sales,

Entering a new city can be eased by taking over existing buildings, a strategy Whole Foods used to open a 13,700-square-foot store in Boston on Nov. 1 in a former Hi-Lo Market.

Packaging company profits have been tempered by higher food costs and production materials in the latest quarter, notes the

Some supermarket chains, including Stop & Shop, are not stocking Ben & Jerry's newest ice cream flavor, Schweddy Balls, whose name is based on a "Saturday Night Live" skit.

Marking what will be its a second acquisition this year, snack food maker Utz Quality Foods Inc. purchased Wachusett Potato Chip Co. Inc. including the company's Fitchburg, Mass.-based manufacturing plant, distribution routes and its brand.

In a move to reach younger consumers, Parsippany, N.J.-based CPG maker Reckitt Benckiser has launched mobile and online mini-games, called crazieRBrands.

Retail food price inflation hit 5.9 percent in the third quarter, while sales at food stores jumped 6.4 percent, the Food Institute reported.

New England’s first Wegmans supermarket opened in Northborough, Mass., spanning 138,000 square feet with 70,000 products.

A growing number of companies are unveiling small desserts, reported

Walmart reportedly plans to shut down its four Marketside stores on Oct. 21, according to a

Target Corp. committed to selling only sustainable and traceable seafood in its stores by 2015.