Ralphs Grocery Co. pleads guilty to hiring hundreds of employees under fake names during a 2003 strike and lockout in California. However, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson has not yet accepted the plea. Instead, he referred the case to the federal probation office, which will submit a...

Reuters - Safeway Inc. , the third-largest U.S. grocery chain, posted a jump in second-quarter profit on Thursday, aided by strong sales of gasoline and a benefit related to a tax refund.

Whole Foods Market will immediately stop selling live lobsters and crab, calling the practice "inhumane." America's largest natural and organic foods grocery store says after a seven-month examination of lobster and soft-shell crab procurement methods, it is simply not satisfied with the...

Reuters - Supervalu Inc. on Tuesday said its shareholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to buy most of Albertsons Inc.'s grocery operations, a move that will make Supervalu one of the biggest U.S. grocers.

The Winn-Dixie grocery store chain sold 21 stores to 14 of the highest bidders at an auction on Tuesday in an attempt to recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in February 2005. The supermarket chain closed 35 stores last month,...