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e-News December 22, 2006 |
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BOULDER, Colo.--There's another executive opening at Wild Oats Market. Following Perry Odak's departure amid salary negotiations in October, Chief Financial Officer Robert Dimond resigned, the natural grocer chain announced yesterday.
Dimond, whose resignation is effective Dec. 31, is moving on to ....
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SEATTLE--Associated Grocers announced here last week that it is selling its Puget Sound corporate headquarters and distribution facility.
The 55 acres of land include roughly 1.05 million square feet of dry grocery and fresh food distribution, storage and office space, and ....
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DALLAS--Natural food retailer Whole Foods Markets opened a new store here Dec. 6 showcasing several new features from the Austin-based grocery chain.
Personal shoppers, home delivery options and dietician services are available through the new food concierge service, and ....
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TORONTO--Strengthening its position as one of Canada's largest natural and organic distributors, SunOpta Inc. acquired Quebec-based organic distributor Aux Mille et une Saisons Inc.
SunOpta purchased 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Aux Mille, making SunOpta the largest natural ....
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CLEVELAND--After rolling out a 100-item cookware, gadget and bakeware line earlier this year, the Culinary Institute of America will lend its name to the high-end blender category.
Known for its professional line of blending equipment, Vita-Mix Corp. here became a ....
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HOLLISTER, Calif.--To accommodate surging demand for its products, Marich Confectionery Co. recently put the finishing touches on a 20,000-square-foot addition of warehouse space.
The warehouse was built adjacent to the existing facility here, bringing the total square footage to 75,000 square ....
| 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 ....
| 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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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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