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Article: Kohl's plans four new food stores, remodeling at others Company hopes to boost sales with bigger outlets
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 4, 1999
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Kohl's Food Stores, in an effort to boost sales and profits,
recently closed four Milwaukee-area stores, has four new stores in
development and plans to remodel three others in 1999, company
executives said Wednesday.
The $14 million in capital investments by Kohl's will bring larger
stores with more goods and services to shoppers, an important part
of competing in the grocery business, said Tim Wade, Kohl's vice
president of merchandising.
"If you're not keeping up your facilities, you're going to lose,"
Wade said.
Kohl's efforts are another sign of increasing competition in the
supermarket business in southeastern Wisconsin. The recent entry of
both Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Jewel Food ...