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WASHINGTON--Spearheaded by the Humane Society of the United States here, a coalition of animal rights organizations filed a formal action with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets June 21 to have foie gras declared an "adulterated food ....
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SHEBOYGAN, Wis.--Three months after being acquired by Certified Grocer's Midwest Inc., Fresh Brands Inc. here rebranded its Dick's Supermarkets under the Dick's Piggly Wiggly banner June 21.
Promoting the conversion as "The Best of Both Worlds," Piggly Wiggly's low prices are ....
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ADA, Okla.--After the build-out is complete on the 6,000-square-foot facility, Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy will begin making cheeses here at the Pontotoc Area Vocational Technical School in November or December.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is financing ....
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AUSTIN, Texas--After eight months of evaluating its live lobster procurement process, Whole Foods Market Inc. stopped selling the live crustaceans at its 180 natural and organic supermarkets June 16.
The sale of live lobsters ceased because the process does not meet ....
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SEATTLE--Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. began selling shelf-stable groceries, including natural and organic products, on its Web site May 25, according to a Reuters article.
The online grocery store includes more than 10,000 non-perishable items such as cereal, coffee, tea canned soup, ....
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CASTRO VALLEY, Calif.--Nancy Ash, a consultant who focuses on olive oil education, purchased Strictly Olive Oil, a business dedicated to olive oil marketing and education from its founder Betty Pustarfi June 10.
Pustarfi, founded the company in 1995 is retiring from ....
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WASHINGTON--Cowgirl Creamery opened a 2,000-square-foot retail store--Cowgirl Creamery Artisan Cheese--June 13 in the Penn Quarter neighborhood near the National Mall.
Located at 919 F St. NW, the store features 80 cheeses including Cowgirl Creamery's own line of cheeses made ....
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WASHINGTON--The Food and Drug Administration issued its third guidance regarding recordkeeping under the Bioterrorism Act June 7 that includes a series of questions and answers for persons who manufacture, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, hold or import food.
The Bioterrorism Act, ....
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LYMAN, S.C.--Food Lion's latest prototype opened here June 14. It is the first of three supermarkets scheduled to open in Spartanburg County this year, according to a company statement.
The 35,000-square-foot store contains wider aisles, lower shelves, larger produce department, larger ....
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OWINGS MILLS, Md.--Nearly doubling its footprint, Avenue Gourmet will move into a larger warehouse here in August. The specialty food distributor also plans to enter the food service arena for the first time once moved in, according to Lee Cohen, ....
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GRANDVILLE, Mich.--With plans to open an East Coast office and distribution center, EFG Food Solutions is focusing on promoting its Euro Kitchen brand of products for the remainder 2006 and 2007, explained Joe Kane, president of EFG.
The new importer shares ....
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SPARKS, Md.--Spice giant McCormick & Co. Inc. signed a deal June 8 to purchase the assets of Epicurean International for $97 million in cash.
Epicurean International develops, imports and markets a line of authentic Asian products under the Thai Kitchen and ....
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PLANO, Texas--Personal information of former and retired employees at grocery retailer Royal Ahold's Giant Food, Stop & Shop and Tops chains was lost by an Electronic Data Systems Corp. employee, reported the Washington Post June 3.
The information, which includes Social ....
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ORLANDO, Fla.--Keeping up with the growing Hispanic food market, Webeco Foods Inc. will launch an expanded line of its Gayo Azul brand of Hispanic cheeses at the IDDBA show here June 11-13.
New additions to the line include Mature Gouda, Queso ....
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DALLAS--Tempest Tea opened its second retail store at 2222 McKinney Ave. here on May 30. Tea beverages such as bubble teas and tea smoothies are on the menu and as well as The new store offers tea beverages such as ....
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ORLANDO, Fla.--At its 42nd annual Dairy-Deli-Bake 2006 seminar and expo June 11-13 at the Orange County Convention Center here, the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association once again features The Show & Sell Center Merchandising Pavilion, a 10,000-square-foot supermarket model that features creative ....
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PLYMOUTH, Wis.--By mid-July, Sartori Food Corp. expects to wrap up the acquisition of Antigo Cheese Co, Antigo, Wis., according to a June 7 statement posted on its Web site.
The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions.
Antigo is known ....
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MILFORD, Mass.--Sponsored by the makers of Seal a Meal and Foodsaver food vacuum packaging systems, the Food Storage Advisory Panel launched a Web site, www.betterfoodstorage.com in May.
The site demonstrates the benefits and ways vacuum storage can help to store, organize, ....
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Gearing up for the holidays
Recently, I interviewed Pam Danziger, retail expert and the author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience...
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