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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Yahoo! Finance: Grocery Stores Industry News</title><link>http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/news/734.html</link><description>The latest news on the Grocery Stores industry from Yahoo! Finance</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:18:08 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! Finance</title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com</link><width>144</width><height>17</height></image><item><title>Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company, Inc. F1Q08 (Qtr End 6/16/08) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/trsa/rss/SIG=1418297p4/*http://seekingalpha.com/article/85774-great-atlantic-amp-pacific-tea-company-inc-f1q08-qtr-end-6-16-08-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2044396056</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:18:08 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea, Overstock.com: Biggest Price Decliners (GAP, OSTK) (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=11pd0f4m7/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121641399686766095.html?mod=yahoo_hs&amp;ru=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3642786119</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:50:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greater Atlantic posts narrower per-share loss (at MarketWatch)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=12sjvbscd/*http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/greater-atlantic-posts-narrower-per-share/story.aspx?guid=%7BB8955A28%2D669A%2D4D33%2DBC67%2D0FC097A6A8FD%7D&amp;siteid=yhoof</link><description>Greater Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Co., parent of A&amp;P supermarket chain, reported Friday a narrower net loss per-share than a year ago and improving sales at its grocery stores open at least one year.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/513257155</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:35:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winn-Dixie Announces New Executive Leadership in Pharmacy, Development and Real Estate (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080718/20080718005640.html?.v=1</link><description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.----Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. , announced new executive leadership has joined its pharmacy, development and real estate departments to assist in the Company&apos;s turnaround efforts.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3884768368</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:31:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A&amp;P supermarket chain swings to fiscal 1Q profit (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080718/earns_great_atlantic_pacific_tea.html?.v=1</link><description>Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Inc. said Friday it swung to a profit in its fiscal first quarter from a loss last year, helped by a higher than 3 percent rise in total company same- store sales, and in its recently acquired Pathmark chain.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1137272812</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:39:36 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific fiscal first-quarter loss 48c/shr (at MarketWatch)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=11iiumket/*http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b4B5181C3-36DD-4CEC-88E2-CE926419428B%7d&amp;siteid=yhoof2</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3845174380</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:28:02 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company, Inc. Announces Results for Its First Quarter Ended June 14, 2008 (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080718/20080718005146.html?.v=1</link><description>MONTVALE, N.J.----The Great Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company, Inc. announced improved fiscal 2008 first quarter results for the 16 weeks ended June 14, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/245063757</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delhaize Group slashes guidance, cites spending downturn (at MarketWatch)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=11iiumket/*http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bE6336676-9AAA-4718-A1DE-D8E96126A862%7d&amp;siteid=yhoof2</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2365779364</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:28:54 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delhaize Group Updates 2008 Full-Year Outlook And Releases Preliminary Second Quarter Results (Marketwire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080718/0417183.html</link><description>BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 18, 2008 - Delhaize Group, the Belgian international food retailer, today announced changes to its 2008 outlook due to the continued weakening of the consumer environment.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/834823555</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[$$] Safeway Reduces Sales Forecast (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/wsj/rss/SIG=11pr11u40/*http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121632264054262705.html?mod=yahoo_hs&amp;ru=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3446734805</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:13:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analyst downgrades Safeway following 2Q results (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080717/safeway_mover.html?.v=2</link><description>Shares of Safeway Inc. dropped on Thursday after the grocery store operator lowered its expectation for 2008 same-store sales growth and said consumers are cutting back on spending amid a weak U.S. economy.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1741002513</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:17:36 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safeway profit rises 7%; forecast hits shares (at MarketWatch)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/cbsm/rss/SIG=12ilrvf65/*http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/safeway-profit-rises-7-forecast/story.aspx?guid=%7B96989505%2D3448%2D4DDD%2D9245%2D28C5CDEEBC0D%7D&amp;siteid=yhoof</link><description>Safeway Inc., one of the largest U.S. grocery chains, said Thursday second-quarter net income rose 7% from a year ago. 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Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/trsa/rss/SIG=12kvku7mm/*http://seekingalpha.com/article/85554-safeway-inc-q2-2008-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3790873553</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:57:22 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safeway earns $234M in Q2 (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=12e0pib2m/*http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/07/14/daily39.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3839042503</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:25:09 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safeway&apos;s Q2 profit rises to $234 million (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=12ishlarp/*http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/07/14/daily74.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2679012186</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:45:07 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c31.finance.sp1.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Sun Jul 20 06:31:39 PDT 2008 -->
