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e-News February 13, 2009 |
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When the USTR announced its revised list of EU products subject to duties, Barry Levensen was happy.
Mustard, along with scallions, rusks, preserved tomatoes and others, was dropped from the list. Levensen, the curator of the Mustard Museum in Mount ....
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NEW YORK--Retailers and importers here, in Boston and Seattle will have the chance to meet with French food producers looking to sell their products in the U.S. market in April.
The French Food Connection is a "mini-food show" that gives the ....
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HARRISBURG, Pa.--As part of a company-wide reorganization, The Hershey Co. here is dropping the Joseph Schmidt Confections line and closing the Scharffen Berger chocolate plant in Berkeley, Calif.
Back on Jan. 27 in its 2008 earnings statement, Hershey said it would ....
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PORTLAND, Ore.--Portland Roasting Coffee Co. was selected as the premium purveyor of coffee at the newly renovated Fred Meyer store located at 3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd. here.
Originally built in 1951, this store will be the first retailer in Oregon, and ....
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WASHINGTON-Lured in by after holiday clearance sales, consumers spent slightly more at retail in January vs. December, according to National Retail Federation here.
According to the retail trade association, retail industry sales for January (which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants) ....
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--Tree of Life, distributor of natural and specialty foods here, appointed Norm Benjamin to vice president of natural food sales for the Northeast Region Feb. 5.
Benjamin is based at Tree of Life's North Bergen, N.J., facility and carries ....
| e-News February 06, 2009
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WASHINGTON--Will your customers pay $80 per pound for Roquefort? Twenty dollars for a European chocolate bar? Or will they pay double the current price for Italian mineral waters or for some of the world's finest bone-in hams? That's what will ....
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NEW YORK--Two days before the Winter Fancy Food Show, Chelsea Market Basket's David Porat negotiated the sale, effective Feb. 1, of the CMB wholesale division to his largest customer Peters Imports.
For Porat, he said the timing was right to exit ....
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MONROE, Wis.--Swiss cheese manufacturer and exporter Emmi started off the year with buying award-winning cheese manufacturers Roth Kaese USA Ltd., based here.
For Emmi, it's an expansion of its position in the U.S. cheese industry and of its investment in Roth ....
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MANKATO, Minn.--Sisters Tiffany Ausdemore and Andrea Robbins teamed up to open My Sister's Kitchen, a kitchenware retail store and cooking school that equips, trains, and nurtures the everyday chef.
The store, which opened in September in Riverplace Center here, is ....
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MINNEAPOLIS--Nash Finch Co., national food distributor here, now operates three former GSC distribution centers, located in Pensacola, Fla., Junction City, Kan. and San Antonio, Texas, each of which services military commissaries and exchanges. The result comes from the company's previously ....
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WASHINGTON--Making precautionary moves in the wake of the nationwide outbreak of salmonella, dozens of companies have recalled products made with peanut butter from the Peanut Corporation of America.
The action was taken after Peanut Corporation of America issued a recall ....
| e-News January 30, 2009
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FOREST PARK, Ill.--Kitchen Supply Co. started off the year with a new line. As of Jan. 1, the kitchenware distributor, based here, is the exclusive sales agent of Paderno World Cuisine to the housewares and gourmet cookware industry.
Retailers now ....
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RICHMOND, Va.--Governor Timothy M. Kaine, here, announced Jan 22. that Harris Teeter Inc., will invest $101 million to open a food distribution operation in King George County. The facility is expected to create 335 new jobs and will service existing ....
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SALISBURY, N.C.--Food Lion LLC eliminated 80 positions, 41 of which worked and lived here at the company's corporate headquarters.
"The other positions were scattered throughout several other states," said Karen Peterson, corporate communications manager, Food Lion LLC. "Our total workforce ....
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SKOKIE, Ill.--Peapod, Internet grocer based here, joined the MyWebGrocer Ad Network Jan. 27. With the addition of Peapod, the majority of retail grocery e-commerce transactions occur within the MyWebGrocer Advertising Network.
The addition of Peapod, Peapod by Stop&Shop, and Peapod ....
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NEW YORK--Within three years, the United States will become the world's biggest consumer of still wine, according to the VinExpo study conducted by London-based drinks research organization International Wine & Spirit Record.
The study, released Jan. 28, said American consumption is ....
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WASHINGTON--The National Retail Federation released its 2009 economic forecast Jan. 27, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will decrease 0.5 percent from last year.
According to its quarterly Retail Sales Outlook report, NRF sees more ....
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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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