Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., the Milwaukee-based high-end supermarket chain, is opening its first Chicagoland location today. Mariano’s Fresh Market, on Northwest Highway in downtown Arlington Heights, will focus on fresh food and high-end offerings, including homemade gelato and an on-site sushi chef. The store will also have an imported Italian oven for pizzas and offer wines and cheeses. Get the full story »
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Supervalu to buy back $70 mln shares
Supermarket operator Supervalu Inc. said on Thursday it will buy back up to $70 million of its common shares through June 30, 2011.
The operator of Albertsons, Jewel-Osco and Shaw’s stores also declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.0875 a share.
The dividend will be paid on Sept. 15 to stockholders of record on Sept. 1.
Lawsuit: Jewel parent tried to kill Wal-Mart store
Jewel-Osco’s parent company engaged in “dirty tricks” to defeat the building of a Wal-mart store in Mundelein, alleges a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Rubloff Development Group Inc. is suing Minneapolis-based SuperValu Inc., which does business as Jewel-Osco, and a Hingham, Mass.-based consulting firm called Saint Consulting Group, whose Web site describes it as specializing “in winning zoning and land-use battles.”
Rubloff is trying to protect its use of certain documents in court. It says it has in its possession materials “that reveal that defendants orchestrated ‘dirty tricks’ campaigns to defeat or otherwise delay the establishment of new Wal-mart stores at shopping centers” that the Rockford-based real estate developer and another firm were planning. Get the full story »
Jewel, Dominick’s in talks with union in Chicago
Jewel and Dominick’s, two of the Chicago area’s biggest grocery chains, are in negotiations for new contracts for their Chicagoland stores with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
“While much progress has been made, we’re still working through wage and a few final language issues,” Local 881 says on its hotline about labor talks with Dominick’s. “We have several meetings scheduled in June and hope to resolve the negotiation issues soon.”
It didn’t return a phone call seeking comment.
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