Last month, Ahold, the Dutch supermarket retailer, said that it had overstated earnings by $500 million for the last two years.

At 19,000 square feet, the store is too small for many of the large supermarket retailers now geared toward opening superstores.

By the mid 1980s, Loblaw Companies Limited had become Canada's largest supermarket retailer.

But the large numbers being produced have begun to clog the industry's arteries, creating new strains between manufacturers and supermarket retailers.

Alongside his impressive profits, the supermarket retailer issued a five-point manifesto for business confidence yesterday.

Asda Mobile does not provide an unlocking service, nor does it supply phones locked to rival supermarket retailers.

It is the first supermarket retailer in Singapore to build, own and operate its own fresh-food distribution centre.

Albertsons, a major supermarket retailer in the western U.S., has been the title sponsor since 2002.

As in South Australia, smaller, independently-operated supermarket retailers are exempted.

Similar to most major supermarket retailers, Kroger uses a three-tiered private label marketing strategy.