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  <updated>2006-07-27 05:50:37</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Ralphs Pleads Guilty To Hiring Employees Under Fake Names]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?127945"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?127945</id>
    <updated>2006-07-27 05:49:18</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Ralphs  Grocery  Co. pleads guilty to hiring hundreds of employees under fake names during a 2003 strike and lockout in California. However, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson has not yet accepted the plea. Instead, he referred the case to the federal probation office, which will submit a...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Safeway second-quarter profit jumps 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?123617"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?123617</id>
    <updated>2006-07-20 09:25:51</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Safeway  Inc. , the 
third-largest U.S.  grocery  chain, posted a jump in 
second-quarter profit on Thursday, aided by strong sales of 
gasoline and a benefit related to a tax refund.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Whole Foods To Stop Selling "Inhumane" Live Lobsters, Crab]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?107437"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?107437</id>
    <updated>2006-06-16 15:31:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Whole Foods Market will immediately stop selling live lobsters and crab, calling the practice "inhumane." America's largest natural and organic foods  grocery  store says after a seven-month examination of lobster and soft-shell crab procurement methods, it is simply not satisfied with the...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Supervalu shareholders approve Albertsons deal 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?97663"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?97663</id>
    <updated>2006-05-30 15:12:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Supervalu  Inc.  on Tuesday said 
its shareholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to buy most of 
 Albertsons  Inc.'s   grocery  operations, a move that will 
make  Supervalu  one of the biggest U.S. grocers.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bankrupt FL Winn-Dixie Grocery Stores Sold at Auction]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?85292"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?85292</id>
    <updated>2006-05-11 11:38:11</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ The Winn-Dixie  grocery  store chain sold 21 stores to 14 of the highest bidders at an auction on Tuesday in an attempt to recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in February 2005.  
 The supermarket chain closed 35 stores last month,...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Publix first-quarter profit rises 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?79527"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?79527</id>
    <updated>2006-05-01 13:55:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Publix, an employee-owned  grocery  
chain, said on Monday that its first-quarter net profit rose 
11.3 percent, aided by strong sales growth.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Winn-Dixie Charged With Selling Undersized Lobsters]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?77576"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?77576</id>
    <updated>2006-04-28 03:03:49</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer
 Miami, FL (AHN) &#150; More trouble for  Winn-Dixie stores . The chain has been charged with selling lobsters that were too small. 
 Federal prosecutors say the  grocery  store chain should have known the spiny lobsters could not be sold in Miami and elsewhere....]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Safeway profit climbs, view maintained 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?77009"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?77009</id>
    <updated>2006-04-27 09:38:35</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Safeway  Inc. , the third-largest 
U.S.  grocery  chain, posted an 8.8 percent rise in first-quarter 
profit on Thursday, as strong sales at new and remodeled stores 
helped to offset the impact of Easter falling in the second 
quarter.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Supervalu quarterly profit falls 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?70626"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?70626</id>
    <updated>2006-04-18 07:50:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Supervalu  Inc. , which is set to 
buy most of  Albertsons  Inc.'s   grocery  operations, 
posted a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday, dragged down by 
charges related to selling some operations and costs to improve 
its supply chain.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Safeway to get $315 million in tax settlement 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?65659"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?65659</id>
    <updated>2006-04-10 09:47:38</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters -  Safeway  Inc. , the third-largest 
U.S.  grocery  chain, on Monday said it expects to receive about 
$315 million in cash in the second half of 2006 after settling 
a federal income tax refund claim with the U.S. Internal 
Revenue Service.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart gets majority of Central American grocer 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?49171"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?49171</id>
    <updated>2006-03-15 08:45:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on 
Wednesday that it made an additional investment in Central 
American  Retail  Holding Co., bringing its stake to 51 percent, 
and will change the name of the Central America  grocery  
operator to Wal-Mart Central America.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Safeway posts profit, stands by outlook 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?35840"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?35840</id>
    <updated>2006-02-23 09:43:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Safeway Inc. , the No. 3 U.S. 
 grocery  chain, posted a lower fourth-quarter profit on 
Thursday, weighed down by costs for closing stores in Texas and 
for employee buyouts.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Hires Roehm for Marketing Post (AP)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?22157"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?22157</id>
    <updated>2006-01-18 17:42:40</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Wednesday it has hired an auto-industry veteran to help drive shoppers from the retailer's  grocery  and sundries aisles into the fashions and  electronics  departments.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Albertsons down as Wall Street ponders what's next (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?8689"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?8689</id>
    <updated>2005-12-23 13:51:22</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Shares of Albertsons Inc.  fell 
more than 14 percent on Friday after the No. 2 U.S. grocer put 
an end to a possible sale of the whole company and left 
industry watchers wondering what it would do next.  ]]></summary>
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