Retail & FoodService

Walmart Neighborhood Market stores are coming to Colorado this month, providing a new store format and convenient shopping to customers. Five stores will open in the Denver area this month and will bring 400 new jobs to the area and a boost to local economic development efforts, as all five stores are located in buildings that formerly housed Albertson’s stores. A total of $25,000 will be distributed to local organizations in celebration of the store openings. …

METRO INC. announced the appointment of François Thibault, CFA as Senior Vice-president and Chief Financial Officer. The appointment is effective August 1, 2012. …

Wal-Mart Stores Inc has long used its commercial might to forge a global supply chain with ruthless efficiency. It now has a new target: U.S. wheat fields. …

A movement to allow Oklahomans to purchase their favorite wine in grocery stores is being opposed by retail liquor merchants and anti-addiction groups that believe making wine more accessible will lead to higher rates of alcohol abuse in the state. …

The opening of the giant Wegmans — 135,000 square feet in size, twice the size of the area's typical supermarket — has raised concerns about traffic on Snowden River and the store's impact on nearby supermarkets. But such worries were far from the minds of Wegmans shoppers Sunday. …