Year: 2012

Michael’s Market Inc., which includes six stores in the Chicago metropolitan area, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is blaming its lender, Premier Bank of Wilmette, for its woes citing regulatory problems at the bank. …

Revionics, Inc., the leading provider in retail life cycle price optimization solutions, and K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., one of the Mid-Atlantic's largest and oldest regional grocers, announced that K-VA-T has selected Revionics as their price optimization provider. K-VA-T will deploy Revionics(R) Price Optimization and Revionics(R) Promotion Optimization, which includes Revionics' category planning tools, weekly price maintenance capabilities and optimized prices across all pricing zones, each week. …

As the Georgia General Assembly reconvenes next week for an election-year session in a still lackluster economy, lawmakers likely will reject any proposal to reinstate a sales tax on groceries, state leaders say. …

The spicy pork samples Lorena Kaplen, a registered dietitian with the supermarket chain, dished into small plastic bowls are from one of three recipes that she and other H-E-B dietitians have developed to launch the company's new Healthy Savings initiative, in which ingredients for almost-all-in-one meals are sold at a discount. …