Sentence examples for grocery operator from inspiring English sources

The trader may be buying the put options to protect the value of a large position in Safeway shares, or could be initiating an outright bearish bet on the likelihood of shares of the grocery operator falling further ahead of expiration.

The talks between the food and commercial workers and three grocery operators resumed on Friday for about 12 hours after a two-week break.

But the real problem is that grocery operators haven't figured out how to cost-effectively compete with restaurant takeout food.

That represents a 50 percent premium to the grocery chain operator's 30-day average closing price and nearly 32 percent higher than Wednesday's closing price.

Albertsons, the grocery chain operator, said yesterday that its profit for the year ended Jan . 29would fall short of its previous estimate, setting off a 5percentt decline in its share price.

With Washington State on the verge of a ballot initiative that would require labeling of some foods containing genetically engineered ingredients and other states considering similar measures, some of the major food companies and Wal-Mart, the country's largest grocery store operator, have been discussing lobbying for a national labeling program.

Slow sales and goodwill write-downs weighed down fourth-quarter results for grocery store operator Safeway.

Regional grocery chain operator Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea on Tuesday reported smaller fourth-quarter losses and said it will divest its Midwest operations and seek alternatives for its A&P Canada business.

Safeway : The national grocery store operator popped up on our ‘hot by options volume’ market scanner today after one bearish player purchased a large chunk of put options in the September contract.

Grocery chain operator Kroger on Friday said it and several other large retailers have filed a federal lawsuit against Visa, charging the credit-card issuer with price-fixing and restricting competition in credit-card transactions.

"Like the rest of the industry, we're seeing an increase in the prices on turkeys," said Mike Siemienas, spokesman for Supervalu Inc, the third-largest U.S. grocery store operator.