Strategists at Wal-Mart's Bentonville, Arkansas home office are
casting about trying to figure out how to respond to a major new
invasion of small, neighborhood grocery stores that are targeted
to middle class Americans who want ready-made, nutritious meals
that don't resemble a double-cheeseburger.
Wal-Mart admitted this week that it is planning "multi-format
strategies," adding new store sizes and formats, in the same week
that England's #1 supermarket chain, Tesco, stepped up its
visibility for a line of stores called Fresh & Easy,...
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