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Supermarkets adapt tactics in price wars

By Jonathan Birchall in New York

Published: July 1 2009 20:29 | Last updated: July 1 2009 20:29

Kroger, the largest US traditional supermarket group by sales, has been rolling out a “new lower prices” campaign across its more than 2,400 stores, with yellow and red signs highlighting prices on fresh produce, meat, and health and beauty products.

US grocery retailersSimultaneously, its weekly newspaper advertising inserts have been highlighting its low cost private-label goods under the heading “value for the way you live.”

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