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e-News September 07, 2007 |
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NEW YORK--Formaggio Kitchen opened its third location, a 250-square-foot storefront here in the Essex Street Market, June 23. It's the third gourmet retailer to open in four months within Manhattan's only public market.
Ihsan Gurdal, owner of Formaggio Kitchen, heard ....
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BOULDER, Colo.--After closing the $565 million deal to acquire Wild Oats Markets Aug. 28, Whole Foods Market Inc. announced its future plans for six of its stores here--including the launch of a new express format and the revival of Alfalfa's ....
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CAMP HILL, Pa.--Jeff Katcher has been working behind the scenes for more than a year to open his version of the "perfect" cheese store. On Sept. 3, Katcher unveiled his Cheesetopia, an 800-square-foot gourmet food store, here .
As the name ....
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AUSTIN, Texas--To support locally grown food, Whole Foods Market Inc. will set up an annual budget of $10 million to make low-interest loans to small farms.
In a June 26 blog post on the company's Web site, Chief Executive Officer John ....
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MILTON, Ontario--Continuing with its effort to become more environmentally friendly, Canada's largest food retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. stopped using plastic grocery bags at its superstore here.
Instead of using petroleum-based plastic bags at its checkouts, Loblaw is using reusable shopping bags ....
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--After opening kitchenware stores in Livingston, N.J., and Corte Madera, Calif., in March and May respectively, Sur La Table will open a location here before the end of the year.
"We opened six new stores last ....
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LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.--After months of research on alternate energy resources, specialty food importer Forever Cheese here will launch a campaign to support the cause this fall.
A self-proclaimed conservationist, Michele Buster, director of sales and marketing for Forever Cheese, is ....
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MINNEAPOLIS--Supervalu Inc., the supermarket operator that acquired Albertsons Inc. in June, has earmarked $1 billion in capital spending for remodels and new store openings in 2007, Reuters reported June 28.
Supervalu plans to open six new Jewel-Osco stores and remodel 18 ....
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WASHINGTON--In its annual snapshot of the retail industry, the National Retail Federation, a retail trade association based here, ranks the top 100 retailers--from all segments-- according to revenue.
Filling out the top five slots are Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Kroger, Sears and ....
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ASHLAND, Ore.--The "grandfather of specialty coffee" Alfred Peet, the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea, died Aug. 29 at his home here. He was 87.
Peet's Coffee & Tea has been a Berkeley, Calif., institution since Peet opened his first ....
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Acosta Sales and Marketing Co., a national food broker based here, expects to wrap an equity investment from AEA Investors this month.
The transaction pays off Berkshire Partner's 2003 investment that produced "solid growth" for Acosta, according to a statement. ....
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LONDON--Renowned for writing about the world of authentic beer--from British ales, Belgian Lambics to Czech Pilsners--beer journalist Michael Jackson died Aug 30 of a heart attack in his London home, according to a post on his Web site, www.thebeerhunter.com. He ....
| e-News August 31, 2007
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AUSTIN, Texas--Six months after the rival natural supermarkets announced an agreement, Whole Foods acquired Wild Oats Market in a $565 million deal.
By the end of the week, Whole Food Market will have purchased 96.8 percent of Wild Oat's common ....
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WOODINVILLE, Wash.--SaltWorks, based here, was the highest-ranked gourmet business in Inc. magazine's annual list of fastest-growing private companies.
The salt importer, known for its Artisan Salt Co. brand, ranked 117 and had revenues of $4.1 million last year, a 1,454.7 percent ....
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TAMPA, Fla. --Marking the end of a three-year project, the sole Kash n' Karry in Crystal River reopened as a Sweetbay Supermarket Aug. 29.
For more than 50 years, Kash n' Karry was a fixture in the Florida grocery market. ....
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NORWICH, Vt.--After being named the best place to work in Vermont last year, King Arthur Flour Co was selected this week as one of the top four Best Places to Work in Vermont in the large company division.
Final rankings will ....
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BENTONVILLE, Ark.--In response to Tesco's U.S. c-store launch, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is said to be eying the California area in hopes of opening two new, small-footprint concepts, reported the Wall Street Journal Aug. 17.
One idea calls for urban convenience stores ....
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NEW YORK--Ethnic food shows Expo Comida Latina, All Asia Food and Kosherfest will overlap the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show Nov. 11 and 12 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center here.
The three shows, now positioned under the umbrella name ....
| e-News August 24, 2007
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NEW YORK--Expanding its products 20-fold in about six weeks, Food Network here has teamed up with Cooking.com to launch a new online storefront--www.FoodNetworkStore.com--Oct. 1.
The new Food Network's online store will feature more than 20,000 SKUs--up from the current site's ....
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BISMARCK, N.D.--Two North Dakota farmers, who filed a lawsuit June 18 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in an effort to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's obstruction of commercial hemp farming, are awaiting official response ....
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In conjunction with the rollout of an exclusive upscale line of Martha Stewart home merchandise this fall, Macy's Inc. is launching a $100 million advertising campaign aimed at boosting sagging sales.
The 90-second television spots, featuring celebrities such as Stewart and ....
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WASHINGTON--The fate of Whole Foods Market Inc.'s deal to acquire Wild Oats is in the hands of federal appeals court here.
After U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman allowed the $565 million acquisition to go forward Aug. 16, The Federal Trade ....
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Supermarket operator Winn-Dixie, here, received kosher certification by The Orthodox Union for its two dairy plants this month--upping its private-label kosher product count to just over 1,000.
In addition to its private-label milk, its orange juices, teas and Chek soda ....
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--In conjunction with Jeff Roberts signing his book, "The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese," Feast! hosted a free tasting of American artisan cheeses and discussion on the importance of artisan and local food production on Aug. 23.
Following the discussion ....
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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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