Stocks of food retailers rose 22 percent on average in 1996.
Among the company's customers are eight of the top 25 worldwide food retailers.
The food retailer unveiled its half year results last Wednesday.
In addition to these there are many independent fast food retailers throughout Manchester.
But some food retailers have said that they have had no problems with price controls.
The company is a food retailer, but it also sells non-food at times.
The merger would create the nation's largest food retailer, controlling 25 percent of California's grocery business.
Some food retailers have introduced labels indicating that an animal was raised with care.
This could explain why many of the online food retailers I've written about have subsequently abandoned their businesses.
In fact, frequency programs are now the fastest-growing method of marketing used by food retailers.