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April 25, 2013

Supervalu reported sales of $3.89 billion and a loss of $1.41 billion in fourth quarter 2013, compared with sales of $3.98 billion and a loss of $424 million in fourth quarter 2012.

April 3, 2013

Supply chain solutions provider Park City Group has named Bruce Christiansen and Sage Horner to new roles.

March 26, 2013

Supervalu announced plans to eliminate about 1,100 positions nationwide, or about 3% of its national workforce.

March 22, 2013

Supervalu announced that Janel Haugarth who will remain with the company as EVP and president of independent business and supply chain services.

January 7, 2013

The breakup of Supervalu to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management could be announced as soon as Thursday when Supervalu shares third-quarter results with analysts, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal published Friday.

August 20, 2012

Supervalu on Monday announced Robert Bly will join the company as president of Shoppers, a 56-store division in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., market.

July 30, 2012

Supervalu on Monday named Wayne Sales, a Canadian hall-of-fame-caliber retailer, as the company's president and CEO, replacing Craig Herkert.

July 25, 2012

Supervalu banner Shaw's announced that two of its Rhode Island locations diverted more than 90% of store waste from local landfills as part of the company's zero-waste program.

July 24, 2012

Supervalu is making the mobile couponing app, Yowza!! available to more than 1900 independent stores.

July 12, 2012

Yikes! After a monstrous earnings miss, Supervalu suspended its earnings guidance and dividend and said it was exploring strategic alternatives.

July 12, 2012

When Craig Herkert left Walmart a few years ago to become president and CEO of Supervalu the situation that unfolded earlier this week at the grocer was not what he had in mind.

June 20, 2012

Supervalu's Essential Everyday private-label line will include 2,700 products across more than 100 categories by 2013.

June 11, 2012

Save-A-Lot, a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, on Monday launched a national search for a team of two interns to serve as brand ambassadors — or more aptly titled Road Scholars — for its 2012 Fuel Your Family Road Trip campaign.

June 6, 2012

Save Mart Supermarkets on Wednesday announced the hiring of Brett Wing as VP FoodMaxx operations.

June 5, 2012

Supervalu banner Cub Foods has partnered with a local produce grower to provide year-round local produce to locations throughout the Twin Cities.

May 17, 2012

Supervalu is bringing its Save-A-Lot banner to Atlantic City, N.J.

May 16, 2012

The president of Shoppers Food and Pharmacy will transition to a new role, parent company Supervalu announced Tuesday.

May 3, 2012

Pete Van Helden, EVP retail operations for Supervalu, will be leaving the company this spring.

April 17, 2012

Supervalu is moving ahead with its sustainability efforts by increasing the number of stores that will divert 90% or more of their waste from local landfills by the end of the current fiscal year.

April 17, 2012

Supervalu has made three new executive appointments following the departure of Sue Klug, president of its Albertsons Southern California division.

April 10, 2012

Costs related to workforce reduction contributed to $424 million, or $2 per diluted share loss, at Supervalu for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

March 12, 2012

Supervalu, which already has committed to providing customers with sustainably-sourced wild-caught seafood, has taken the next steps to ensure its farm-raised seafood is also sourced responsibly.

February 13, 2012

Supervalu on Monday announced that its new Essential Everyday private-label brand — to include more than 2,400 products by early 2013 — now is available in select independent retail locations.

February 7, 2012

Supervalu continues to implement its strategic plan to remove permanent expenses and cut down operating costs with plans to reduce its national work force by an estimated 800 positions.

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