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Biggby Coffee reports'09 sales increase of 6 percent
By Anna Wolfe EAST LANSING, Mich.- Straight off its best year to date, Biggby Coffee here will open three new stores here in April- in Birmingham, Ann Arbor and Lansing With positive same store sales during the latest 12-month period and ... Read more

 
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All Things Organic to collocate with Natural Products Expo East
BOSTON-Starting this fall, All Things Organic will collocate with Natural Products Expo East here. In a March 4 statement, the Organic Trade Association, organizers of All Things Organic, stated that the conference will collocate with Expo East, a partnership that will ....

CoffeeFest attendance tops 5,000 buyers
By Anna Wolfe SEACAUCUS, N.J.-With a winning combination of new products, educational seminars and networking, 5,000 retailers, coffee shops and food service establishments were on hand for CoffeeFest New York/New Jersey here at the Meadowlands Convention Center March 5-7. "Our East Coast ....

Cheesewhse.com buys Crystal Food Import
LYNN, Mass.-Cheesewhse.com struck a deal on Feb. 19 to buy Crystal Food Import Corp., based here, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, according to a letter from Crystal's Stephanie Ciano Pace sent to vendors and Gourmet News, closed around March ....

Shaw's warehouse employees go on strike
METHUEN, Mass.-Distribution center workers at a Shaw's facility here went on strike March 8 after contract negotiations fell apart, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 791. The strike vote was taken March 7, and was 228 in ....

Year-round market adds more retailers, eateries
CHICAGO-Since its opening late last year, the Chicago French Market has expanded and now features 29 vendors. New additions to the 15,000-square-foot, indoor, year round market include: Olives4You is a small family business that offers Western Mediterranean specialties including marinated and stuffed ....

FreshDirect launches mobile application for grocery shopping
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.-Online grocer FreshDirect, based here, launched a new iPhone application designed to make shopping on-the-go fast and easy. The application delivers nearly all the same functionality of FreshDirect.com and allows customers to create new orders, as well ....

Loblaw modifies fresh fish and seafood counters to highlight at-risk fish and alternatives
BRAMPTON, Ontario-The fresh seafood counters at select Loblaw stores look a little different as of Feb. 4 as the company takes steps to meet its goal to source all fish and seafood sold in its stores from sustainable sources by ....

Costco Texas picks up Revolution 3D
PHOENIX-Revolution 3D announced that its top-selling flavor, 3D Pomegranate, is now sold in Costco Wholesale stores throughout Texas as of March 5. "We are pleased to work with Costco as they are considered a market leader in the retail community and ....

Sunsweet invests in Herbal Water
PHILADELPHIA-Sunsweet Growers, a farmer-owned cooperative, made an equity investment in Ayala's Herbal Water, an herbal infused flavored water, the company announced Feb. 25. Sunsweet will also now collaborate in the marketing, sale and distribution of Herbal Water. Herbal Water, which debuted ....



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Sunflower Farmers Market launches nutrition labeling program

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Cajun food entrepreneur dies

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Supervalu to sell Connecticut Shaw''s stores to Wakefern, Stop & Shop

Report: retail container traffic to jump 25 percent in first half of year

Loblaw modifies fresh fish and seafood counters to highlight at-risk fish and alternatives

Beverage industry to state calories on front of package, vending machines

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 The side dish
Gearing up for the holidays
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 Market Watch
Gluten-free products drive growth in allergen-free food market
Forecasted to grow 25 percent this year, the $5 billion allergy free-from market is nothing to sneeze at.















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