e-News December 15, 2006 |
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PLEASANTON, Calif.--Safeway announced here Tuesday that the supermarket chain would be expanding its private label organics line, O Organic.
Lauding the O Organic line for allowing Safeway to compete with retailers like Whole Foods, company executives said in a conference ....
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LAKEVILLE, Minn.--Less than a year-and-a-half after opening, Kowalski's will close its specialty grocery store here Jan. 15, according to a company statement.
The grocer plans to relocate most of the store's full-time employees to its eight other locations throughout the Twin ....
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MIAMI--In the state where its main competitor, Tree of Life, is headquartered, natural food distributor United Natural Foods Inc. is looking for a South Florida distribution center, reported the South Florida Business Journal.
The Dayville, Conn.-based distributor retained NAI Miami ....
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DURHAM, N.C.--Fowler's Food and Wine here closed its doors Nov. 5, according to a Nov. 29 e-mail sent to the gourmet store's e-mail list and a message posted on the retailer's Web site.
On Nov. 5, the 82-year-old retailer, also in ....
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VIENNA, Va.--To help consumers understand chocolate and cocoa, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association here posted the online consumers guide--"Making Sense of % Cacao" Dec. 8.
Online at www.chocolateusa.org, the information is designed to help consumers understand cocoa percentages, cocoa and cacao's history ....
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OMAHA, Neb.--AmconDistributing Co., a wholesale distributor of consumer products based here, announced in late November that it sold substantially all of its Hawaiian Natural Water Co. division to newly formed investment group Hawaiian Springs LLC for $3.8 million in cash.
Hawaiian ....
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e-News December 08, 2006
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NEW YORK--A new consumer research study by the Private Label Manufacturers Association shows that more consumers--a record 41 percent of those surveyed--identify themselves as frequent purchasers of store brand products.
Store brands, or private-label products, account for more than $50 billion ....
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WASHINGTON--Citing the numerous--and "confusing"-- labeling programs on the market, The Center for Science in the Public Interest here announced last week that it has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration for a national food labeling system.
Requesting a supplement to the ....
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Charlottesville, Va.-- Specialty food store and cafe Feast is named a "shop that pops" in the new book by Pam Danziger called "Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience."
Feast, a specialty food ....
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SAN DIEGO--The City Council here passed an ordinance Nov. 28 that could ban big box retailers from opening within the city limits.
Approved 5-3, the ordinance prohibits the establishment of "superstores," defined by the council as "retail establishments that exceed 90,000 ....
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LANDOVER, Md. and QUINCY, Mass.--Over the next several months, Giant Food and Stop & Shop will implement their Value Improvement Program designed to lower prices and strengthen their strategic position in the marketplace, according to company statements.
The grocers, both owned ....
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NEW YORK--The board of health here unanimously approved a ban on artificial trans fats here Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. city to do so. Several other U.S. cities are considering similar legislation.
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e-News December 01, 2006
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NEW YORK--When the markets closed Nov. 30, the dollar was at a 14-year low against the British pound--$1.96--after hitting a 20-month low against the euro earlier in the week.
The market closed at the euro equaling $1.32.
Excessive weakening of the ....
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SAN FRANCISCO--Just in time to drive in holiday traffic, Williams-Sonoma is offering free hour-long cooking demonstration classes this Saturday and Sunday.
According to a company e-mail, the classes, offered once Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m., will focus on breakfast and ....
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Gourmet deli and specialty food store Corti Brothers here closed for the day Wednesday in memory of Gino Corti, one of the founders of the market, who died Nov. 22. He was 88.
Gino and his brother Frank, who died ....
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--Beginning Jan. 1, British Wholesale Imports here will exclusively import Nestle's After Eight, Quality Street, Baci and Perugina confections into the United States, according to a prepared statement.
In addition, BWI will import the Motta panettone. Previously these Nestle ....
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MODESTO, Calif.--Save Mart Supermarkets announced here Monday that the independent grocery chain will acquire Albertson's Northern California Division.
The sale, for which the price was not disclosed, includes 132 Albertson's stores in California and Nevada, as well as two distribution ....
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LEESBURG, Va.--Joining the ranks of retailers looking to reduce energy costs, Harris Teeter Food Markets installed fiber optic lighting in its store here and ordered the energy efficient lighting to be installed at its Alexandria location.
The EFO system, provided by ....
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