Simply stated, the 12 month period from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 was the most challenging for food and drug retailers in the 32 years we’ve been covering the industry in the Mid-Atlantic.

After entry to Maryland market in 2009, Wakefern launches much-anticipated expansion in the Baltimore-Washington market.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s effort to impose a beverage tax on the citizens of the city has failed. It officially died (for this year, anyway) on May 20.

The most rugged 12 months in recent grocery industry history was not only marked by high unemployment, significant deflation, cautious consumer spending and a continuation of fierce competitiveness and an overstored landscape, but the period from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 created a real separation of performance among the 65 retailers measured in Food Trade News’ annual market study.