The bribery and extortion trial of Maryland State Senator Ulysses Currie and co-defendants Bill White and Kevin Small, both former Shoppers executives, began September 27 in Baltimore.

Anthony Hucker has been appointed president of Ahold USA's Giant/Landover division while Bhavdeep Singh has been named EVP-operations.

Charles Genuardi, one of the founders of Genuardi's Markets, has died at age 102.

Anthony Hucker has been named division president of Giant/Landover.

A&P cut the ribbon on a new Super Fresh store August 26 in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia. The 51,000 square foot unit is the retailer’s first store to open in the Delaware Valley market in more than 10 years.

Five notables will be inducted into the Maryland Food Industry Hall of Fame in November.

Jim Sinegal, chief executive of Costco, will retire in January from the company he founded.

Leon Bergmann has been named Supervalu's president of independent business.

Sources have told Food Trade News that Safeway has contacted several retailers and wholesalers regarding selling its Genuardi's stores.

The Montvale, NJ offices of ESM Ferolie will be headquarters for the new BeaconUnited.

Supervalu earnings rise as overall sales and ID revenues continued to decline in the wholesaler/retailer's second quarter.

Flowers Foods announced key appointments at Tasty Baking, marking the beginning of the integration process between the two companies.

The Tengelmann Group, 38% stakeholders in A&P, has said it expects to exit its holdings in the company post-bankruptcy.

Wakefern president and COO Dean Janeway announced that he will retire in January 2012 and will be succeeded by EVP Joe Sheridan.

Canadian firm Mrs. Greens teams with Village Super Markets (ShopRite) to buy six Maryland and Washington, DC Super Fresh stores.

The 2011 Food World Market Study issue.

The 2011 Food Trade News market study issue.

Acme Markets said, as of May 7, it had laid off about 900 of the 14,000 employees at its 117 stores in the Northeast, with about two thirds of those job cuts occurring at stores in Southeastern PA and Southern NJ.

Weis Markets announced at its recent shareholders meeting that it will increase is 2011 capital expenditure budget by seven percent to $110 million.

Giant/Landover and C&S/Jessup Logistics agreed to new contracts with Teamsters Local 730 and Local 639 that will keep most of the retailer's dry grocery distribution based in Jessup, MD.

It appears that ShopRite will be increasing its B-W presence in a major way after reviewing the results of the recent auction for 25 Super Fresh stores.

Norkus Enterprises Inc. has reached a tentative agreement to sell five of its six New Jersey Foodtown and Super Foodtown Supermarkets to Stop & Shop, officials from both companies said late last month.

Flowers Foods has tentatively agreed to acquire beleaguered Tasty Baking Company, which had until June 30 to refinance its $100 million bank debt or find a buyer for the 97 year old company.

Wal-Mart’s moment of reckoning at the U.S. Supreme Court has begun as the highest court in the nation has begun hearing arguments from both the retailer and attorneys representing the plaintiffs as to whether the potential multi-billion suit against Wal-Mart should be upheld as class action litigation.

Giant/Landover may be looking to close its dry grocery warehouse in Jessup and shift that business to a C&S Wholesale Grocers’ distribution center in York, PA.

The judge in the A&P bankruptcy case denied a request to pay $1.3 million to three top executives.

Wal-Mart will officially unveil its smaller format Wal-Mart Express stores in the second quarter.

Redner's Markets is poised to grow again as it finalizes plans for three new stores, in Delaware and Maryland.

A&P has asked the bankruptcy court to allow it to close 32 under performing stores as it unveils its new management team and reports loss of $27.4 million in latest four week period.

A&P has identified 32 stores it has sought permission from the bankruptcy court to close. Additionally, the retailer named a new executive team.

Thomas Infusino, former Wakefern CEO, passed away last month at the age of 89.

St. Joseph's University's Academy of Food Marketing is evolving.

The grim news for Supervalu continues as the Eden Prairie, MN retailers/wholesaler announced on January 12 that it lost $202 million, or 95 cents per share, for the quarter ended December 4.

The grim news continued last month as the Eden Prairie, MN retailers/wholesaler announced that it lost $202 million, or 95 cents per share, for the quarter ended December 4.

Former food industry executive Charles W. Hofmeister, 84, died January 19.

Delhaize America announced the set up of its new category management organization February 4, naming the officers and directors who will guide the new streamlined system.

Carl Schlicker officially took the post of chief operating officer of Ahold USA Retail this month, and the retailer made two additional executive announcements as it formulates its team moving forward.

Robin Michel has joined Sears Holdings as SVP and president-food and consumables and health and wellness.

Despite objections from bondholders who questioned the role of Yucaipa Cos. in A&P’s bankruptcy proceedings, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved the $800 million loan the bankrupt retailer sought for post-petition financing.

A C&S Wholesale Grocers subsidiary, Woodbridge Logistics, said last month that it could lay off as many as 1,114 associates who are employed at depots that supply A&P stores.