Meijer to Launch Major Michigan, Ohio Remodels

Meijer will invest more than $75 million in a major remodeling project for stores in Michigan and Ohio. This initiative focuses on 10 stores in key locations throughout the region - eight in Michigan and two in. Planning has already begun in a number of stores and project completion is slated for the end of the year. Meijer also plans to open two new stores in 2011. Since 2006, Meijer has opened 30 new stores and remodeled more than 60 others.

Progressive Grocer

RE/MAX Looking to Set up Offices in Connecticut Stop & Shop Stores

RE/MAX of New England announced its first "micro real estate" office inside a New England Stop & Shop supermarket, adding that it plans to set up such offices in Connecticut over the next year. The first office was opened at a Stop & Shop in Springfield, Mass. Besides Connecticut and Massachusetts, RE/MAX also plans to open Stop & Shop offices in Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

Norwich Bulletin

Publix Says its Curbside Grocery Test is Successful

The experiment at Publix to offer online ordering and curbside pickup of groceries is going so well, executives are declaring it a success only part way through a year-long test. The grocer is finding shoppers are regularly driving up for curbside pickup on their biggest shopping days at the two locations where they have the pilot service. Publix plans to expand the service, starting with one more in the Atlanta area.

Tampa Bay Online

Delta in Deal with Bauhaus to Open Local DIY Outlets

Delta Real Estate, part of Delta Holdings, has announced a deal with German DIY chain Bauhaus, under which it will open stores under the latter's banner across Serbia. The move comes just days after Delta sold its Delta Maxi chain to Delhaize.

KamCity

Europe's First Vegan Supermarket Opens in Dortmund

Dortmund now houses Europe's only all-vegan supermarket. Offering chocolates, fake tuna and even dog food, the store is hoping to cash in on a small but rapidly growing market. Vegilicious, which opened on February 26, occupies over 100 square meters in the city-centre.

DW-World

Online Grocery Sales 'Will Double within Five Years'

Britain's Internet grocery market will double to £9.9bn by 2015, research group IGD forecast on Thursday. IGD said sales online continue to grow at a faster rate than any other sector in the grocery market, with growth of 21.4pc in 2010 to £4.8bn. One in four food and grocery manufacturers is considering creating its own e-store, the report found, with 43pc of manufacturers anticipating that more than 10pc of their total revenue to come from the online sales by 2015.

The Telegraph 

NZ Warehouse Discount Chain Sees Profit Slide

New Zealand's discount department chain The Warehouse reported a 7.1 cent fall in interim net profit to $NZ53 million ($39m) after battling aggressive discounting, price deflation and falling consumer sentiment in the first half.

Business with The Wall Street Journal

Aditya Birla Retail Reveals Expansion Plans

Aditya Birla Retail has announced an aggressive expansion plan for the fiscal year ending March 2012, saying it will look to open up to 130 supermarkets and 12 hypermarkets across India.

KamCity