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  Chile Relations with the United States
The growing presence of the Marxist left meant a sharp increase in anti-American sentiment in Chilean public opinion, a sentiment that was fueled by opposition to the United States presence in Vietnam, the United States conflict with Cuba, and increased United States intervention in domestic Chilean politics.
To that end, the United States strongly supported the candidacy of Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1964 with overt and covert funds and subsequently supported his government in the implementation of urban and rural reforms.
Particularly disturbing to the United States government was the complicity of the Chilean intelligence services in the assassination in Washington of Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and one of his associates, a United States citizen.
www.country-studies.com /chile/relations-with-the-united-states.html   (1018 words)

  
 Supermarkets in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of supermarket companies in the United States of America and the names of supermarkets which are owned or franchised by these companies.
Hills Supermarkets (Headquarters was in Brentwood, NY) Closed in late 1970's - Early 1980's
Uwajimaya - Asian American supermarket chain in the Pacific Northwest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supermarkets_in_the_United_States   (606 words)

  
 SIC 5411 Grocery Stores
Supermarkets are further categorized as conventional (9,900 stores), superstores (7,900 stores), warehouse (2,400 stores), combination food and drug (3,700 stores), superwarehouse (500 stores), and hypermart (200 stores), a small subcategory that sells the broadest range of consumer goods along with food items.
Supermarkets, particularly chains, were able to achieve greater economies of scale than smaller outfits and were thus able to charge the consumer less while still earning a greater profit margin.
Supermarkets sought ways to cut their costs even further and found inspiration in the new soft goods discount stores that were starting to appear.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /industries/Retail-Trade/Grocery-Stores.html   (5893 words)

  
 FTC v. Schnuck Markets, Inc. - Complaint
Prior to divesting the supermarkets to be divested, at those stores, Schnucks, among other things, inadequately stocked groceries or other merchandise; inadequately stocked advertised items; and closed or operated in a significantly reduced manner such departments as the bakery, delicatessen, seafood, floral and video departments.
Prior to divesting the supermarkets to be divested, Schnucks failed to maintain necessary levels of routine cleaning, repair, and maintenance at the supermarkets to be divested.
Prior to divesting the supermarkets to be divested, Schnucks did not adequately staff the supermarkets to be divested and transferred personnel from the supermarkets to be divested to other supermarkets operated by Schnucks.
www.ftc.gov /os/1997/09/schnuckcmp.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Giant Eagle - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The company is also rumored to be considering a relationship with regional department/grocery store chain Meijer in an attempt to expand in the Midwest.
Currently there are 216 store locations in the United States: 100 in Western Pennsylvania, 110 in Northeast and Eastern Ohio, 3 in Northern West Virginia, and 2 in Western Maryland.
Giant Eagle has the highest share of any supermarket chain in the Pittsburgh area, but has lost market share in recent years due to Wal-Mart's construction of Supercenters in the immediate Pittsburgh area.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Giant_Eagle   (949 words)

  
 Supermarket Strategic Alert Research Reports
Supermarket Strategic Alert provides efficient, fact-packed shortcuts for everyone who sells to, competes against, or works with supermarkets in the United States and worldwide.
Supermarket Strategic Alert steers you through this fast-changing environment with information on consolidation, strategic alliances, alternate channel developments, supply chain improvements and consumer trends.
The big stories in the supermarket industry in 2003 were Ahold’s accounting scandal and its subsequent battle for survival, Fleming’s demise and the intricate maneuvering around the sale of Safeway UK.
www.marketresearch.com /vendors/viewvendor.asp?vendorid=1187   (760 words)

  
 Supermarkets in the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The store was located at 17th and State Streets in downtown Boise.
Albertsons has contracts with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the largest grocery labor union in the United States.
In late 2003 and early 2004, Albertsons, along with competitor Ralphs, lockout (industry) its workers who were members of the UFCW in Southern California, in sympathy with competitor Vons (owned by Safeway Inc.), whose UFCW workers were strike action.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Supermarkets-in-the-United-States   (485 words)

  
 Medisurf - Reuters Health News List
Between 1800 and 1900 knowledge of the fruit spread to other countries, and samples of the fruit and seeds were sent to England.
In 1904 plant cuttings were brought to the United States (1999 Produce Availability and Merchandising Guide, The Packer.
New Zealand's "Chinese Gooseberry" variety was first shipped to the United States in 1962, where it was re-named Kiwifruit after New Zealand's national bird the "kiwi." In the 1970s it was grown in California and available for the first time in supermarkets throughout the United States.
www.medisurf.com /Useful/Useful_Read.asp?SEQ=9073   (184 words)

  
 Using Liquid To Cool Grocery Cases Saves Energy, Helps Environment
"There are approximately 30,000 large supermarkets in the United States, and the typical supermarket leaks about 1,500 pounds of refrigerants annually," said Predrag Hrnjak, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and a researcher at the university's air conditioning and refrigeration center.
While thousands of European supermarkets have switched to the secondary cooling technology, the idea has been slow to catch on in other parts of the world.
In the United States, for example, about 100 supermarkets have been converted.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-04/UoIa-ULTC-080498.php   (454 words)

  
 Choices Article - Is There a Future for Wholesaler-Supplied Supermarkets?
Future success for the wholesaler-supplied supermarket industry will depend on how independent retailers adapt to changing market forces and on effective collaboration between stores and distribution centers.
The Panel is an annual survey of supermarkets by The Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota (King, Jacobson, & Seltzer, 2002).
Based on estimates from the 2002 Supermarket Panel, 17.3% of self-distributing stores were built in the last five years, versus 6.4% for wholesaler-supplied stores.
www.choicesmagazine.org /2003-4/2003-4-04.htm   (1779 words)

  
 99 Ranch Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The chain often operates chiefly in the newer suburban Chinatowns, including Milpitas (where the supermarket is strategically located near the Taiwanese-dominated technology industries of the Silicon Valley) and Irvine (where wealthy Taiwanese Americans have settled in the city during much of the 1990s) in California.
It is one of the very few Asian supermarkets operating in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, but the Van Nuys location remains popular among fl, Mexican, and white customers as well as Chinese-speaking customers.
In Southern California, its main competitors are the ever-expanding chains of Hong Kong Supermarket (established in 1981) and Shun Fat Supermarket (started in the mid-1990s).
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 Category:Supermarkets of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is Supermarkets of the United States.
There are 4 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
Pages in category "Supermarkets of the United States"
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Supermarkets_of_the_United_States   (85 words)

  
 Humane Society of United States: Retail Community Working to Improve Farm Animal Welfare
In the latest display of consumer power, two of the country's most influential trade associations—whose members buy meat and eggs for an estimated 146,000 grocery stores, chain restaurants and franchisees nationwide—implicitly acknowledged the growing public concern over farm animal welfare and admitted in June that some common farm practices are inhumane and need to change.
Together, the members of these two organizations account for approximately half of the $843 billion in annual retail food sales in the United States.
FMI and NCCR are also consulting with the American Meat Institute and the National Chicken Council for slaughter guidelines, as well as the United Egg Producers for euthanasia guidelines.
www.hsus.org /farm/news/ournews/archive/retail_community_on_farm_animal_welfare.html   (744 words)

  
 DesMoinesRegister.com | Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Iowa hog producers remain divided over U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations issued last week to require labels stating the country of origin of meat and other products sold in supermarkets in the United States.
Labels stating the country of origin of pork, beef, lamb and other agricultural products must be affixed to packages beginning Sept. 30, 2004.
Meatpackers are telling hog producers that origin labeling will raise their processing costs because they will have to remodel their plants to segregate hogs raised in the United States from Canadian hogs.
www.dmregister.com /business/stories/c4789013/22625792.html   (802 words)

  
 History of the U.S. Cultural Environment - Environmental Design Library - UC Berkeley
State and regional associations of the United States.
American Memory, organized by the Library of Congress, is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
Search their NRIS database (http://www.nr.nps.gov/) by state and county or city, theme, or names for information on buildings and sites listed.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /ENVI/cult.html   (5465 words)

  
 Commercial Credit Report for Bruno's, Inc. (United States) - Report Preview
Bruno's, Inc. operates supermarkets in the Southeastern United States and is the largest supermarket operator in the State of Alabama.
The Company currently operates 149 supermarkets, of which 108 were in Alabama, 27 in Georgia, 10 in Florida, and four in Mississippi.
The Company's supermarkets are currently operated under several different names and formats, including Bruno's, Food World, FoodMax, and Food Fair.
www.crmz.com /Report/ReportPreview.asp?BusinessId=12539   (196 words)

  
 Food & Beverage Stores
Aldi United States - Supermarket retail profile, career opportunities, weekly specials, and location map for the over 500 stores operating in 21 states from Kansas to the eastern seaboard.
C-Town Supermarkets - Neighborhood supermarket serving the northeastern United States.
Price Chopper Supermarkets - Medium size chain of supermarkets in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, with headquarters in upstate NY.
www.1800miti.com /links/retail/retail-food.html   (1626 words)

  
 Annual Report 2001
In thousands of supermarkets across the United States—under a variety of labels— as well as in food service and by home delivery, SureBeam® processed ground beef and exotic tropical fruit are sold.
In less than two years, the availability of SureBeam® processed ground beef in American supermarkets has gone from an initial 84 Cub and Rainbow stores in Minneapolis/St Paul to literally thousands of supermarkets located in over two-thirds of the nation.
Joining prestigious national processors such as Omaha Steaks, WW Johnson Meat Company—which began processing in November 2001—quickly expanded its product line in February 2002 to include a variety of nine fresh ground beef products which are marketed to a variety of restaurant chains.
www.titan.com /investor/archives/ar01/content.html?g=surebeam   (674 words)

  
 Sunkist - Products
Sunkist Fruit Gems can be found in gift stores, club stores and produce sections of supermarkets in many cities in the United States and Canada.
Sunkist Vitamins are distributed in several regions of the United States.
Sunkist Pistachios and Almonds are distributed in produce sections of supermarkets across the United States and Canada.
www.sunkist.com /products/united_states.asp   (880 words)

  
 United Supermarkets, Ltd. information and related industry information from Hoover's
From Muleshoe up to Dalhart and over to Pampa, United Supermarkets keeps the Texas Panhandle well fed. The grocer has nearly 50 markets, mostly in rural towns.
United Supermarkets is owned and run by the Snell family.
There are 10 competitors for United Supermarkets; see more.
hoovers.com /united-supermarkets/--ID__41657--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (411 words)

  
 Self Watering Planter - Big Planters - planter, plant container
Supermarkets love to advertise and we can put as big as a 24" logo in to the side of the flower pot.
The other nice feature that is prevalent to supermarkets is that our planters are built to take a hit from a grocery cart and not be damaged.
With all the bumping and grinding that goes on in front of the supermarket it is good to have a planter that can stand up to a lot of daily abuse.
www.bigplanters.com /markets_grocery.htm   (348 words)

  
 ERS/USDA Data - Retail Scanner Prices for Meat
While not based on a random sample, the raw data underlying the database are from supermarkets across the United States that account for approximately 20 percent of U.S. supermarket sales.
Colorado State University's Livestock Market Information Center (LMIC) now houses the retail scanner prices for meat database, including standard tables, the searchable database, and documentation.
Only random-weight items that are species-specific and sold in the fresh meat department of traditional supermarkets are included in the database.
www.ers.usda.gov /data/MeatScanner   (407 words)

  
 Fanfare Media Works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
These programs are distributed or displayed in all major supermarket chains across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The demand for this product by distribution points, advertisers and customers has been so overwhelming that our production facility operates 24 hours a day to meet the demand of producing and delivering over 18 billion coupons a year, enough to circle the world 26 times.
It is available mid-month in supermarkets across the United States.
www.fanfaremedia.com /main_advertise.cfm   (499 words)

  
 Safeway Delivery -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Safeway is North America's third largest supermarket chain, with over 1800 stores located throughout the central and western United States and Canada.
The chain was founded in 1962 by Safeway from the USA but was spun off and sold by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, or KKR (which acquired the American parent company) in 1987 and listed on the London Stock Exchange as Safeway plc.
However after perceptions that it was growing more slowly than other large UK chains and with a low share price, various takeover rumours circulated during 2002.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/129/safeway-delivery.html   (878 words)

  
 Scotsman United States - Supermarkets
For supermarkets, meat, seafood, fruit and vegetable markets, Scotsman has ice machines designed specifically to meet your needs.
From flake and nugget ice for displays to cube ice for in-store delis, we offer a wide variety of ice forms for different applications.
Industrial Flake Ice Machines are ideal for a wide variety of applications for supermarkets, meat markets, fish markets, bakeries, delis and food processors.
www.scotsman-ice.com /marketsectors.asp?article=supermarkets.xml   (363 words)

  
 National Co-op Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
State and National Maps as well as directions are provided to help travelers plan trips or find co-op store along your route.
The directory is a convenient listing you can keep with you when you travel or in your desk drawer for easy networking.
The directory listings are organized by state and in alphabetical order that allow you to easily find co-ops throughout the United States.
www.nationalco-opdirectory.com   (189 words)

  
 Commercial Credit Report for United Natural Foods,Inc. (United States) - Report Preview
United Natural Foods, Inc. is a national distributor and retailer of natural and organic foods and related products in the United States.
The Company serves more than 20,000 customers, including independently owned natural products retailers, supernatural chains, which are comprised of large chains of natural foods supermarkets, and conventional supermarkets located across the United States.
United Natural Foods Reports Sales and Earnings for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended July 29, 2006; Provides Fiscal 2007 Guidance
www.crmz.com /Report/ReportPreview.asp?BusinessId=6790   (264 words)

  
 Demand creates a major industry, forum speakers say - Organic Trade Association
Half of the organic food produced in the United States is sold in large supermarkets, Said Katherine DiMatteo, an organics expert who addressed about 200 people Wednesday luring "Big Organic," this year's third Ag Forum Luncheon at the National Steinbeck Renter in Salinas.
No longer solely the staple of environmentally conscious, left-leaning consumers, organic :ood is going mainstream, DiMatteo said, offering an exhaustive survey of organic-food.rends in the United States.
Earthbound Farms grows mostly lettuce and fruit on 24,000 certified organic acres, many.n the Salinas Valley, and sells in seven out of 10 supermarkets in the United States according to Tonya Antle, Earthbound's vice president of organic sales, who also spoke at ;he forum.
www.ota.com /demand.html?PHPSESSID=3bbfc267b1374bab5835960fcc403f13   (457 words)

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