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e-News September 11, 2009 |
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By Ellen Ranta
DAYVILLE, Conn. -The demand for organic products remained strong throughout fiscal 2009 for United Natural Foods and net sales increased almost 5 percent for the company over the previous fiscal year.
"Fiscal 2009 was a strong year for UNFI," ....
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ATLANTA-With the theme Regroup, Recover, Regrow, Gourmet Catalog Buying Group's seventh annual Start the Year Member conference is Jan. 8-9 at Americasmart Atlanta here.
The buying group is committed to helping their retail members "recover their retail footing and move ....
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LANSING, Mich.-The state of Michigan is offering tax incentives to grocery retailers that expand, improve or open stores in underserved areas.
Public Act 231, which amends Michigan's Commercial Rehabilitation Act, is geared to support grocery store development and give citizens better ....
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BOULDER, Colo.-Justin's Nut Butter, based here, recently expanded its distribution through a new partnership with distributor Nassau Candy Specialty Confections and Fine Foods, based in Hicksville, NY.
As of Sept. 9, Nassau Candy, which specializes in the manufacturing, distributing and ....
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NORTHBROOK, Ill.-To help brides-to-be with their bridal registries-and to win some customers over in the process-specialty retailer Crate and Barrel is throwing Wedding Parties at select stores Sept. 13, Oct. 4 and 18.
From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the ....
| e-News September 04, 2009
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DALLAS-With the launch of its fall catalog on Oct. 15, Gourmet Catalog Buying Group introduces an online catalog that replicates the look-and-feel of its print version.
The Turn the Page Online Catalog allows consumers to review a store's personalized catalog, ....
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NEW YORK-Sheila Lukins, cofounder of Silver Palate, one of the nation's first gourmet prepared food shops here, died here Aug. 30, reported the New York Times. She was 66.
After opening the store in 1977, Lukins and her business partner ....
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By Ellen Ranta
MADISON, Wis. The 2009 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest awarded top honors to cheeses in 21 categories and announced two Grand Champions in the dairy field on Aug. 26, here.
The Cheese and ....
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CHERRY HILL, N.J.-Coffee company Melitta USA Inc. is upgrading its 90,000-square-foot roasting facility here. Taking place in two phases, the project will increase efficiency and improve quality and safety.
Phase one included updates to the plant's high-speed canning line ....
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YONKERS, N.Y.-From oatmeal cookies to frozen broccoli, Consumer Reports magazine's blind taste tests found 23 store-brand foods that tasted as good as, or better than, their big national brand competitors in head-to-head tests of 29 food products.
Tasters preferred Archer Farms ....
| e-News August 28, 2009
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By Anna Wolfe
ATLANTA-With its flagship store busting at the seams, Cook's Warehouse owner and founder Mary Moore decided it was time to relocate the flagship store she opened in 1995 on Amsterdam Avenue here.
In addition to outgrowing the 5,000-square-foot ....
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By Ellen Ranta
TUCSON, Ariz.-In response to consumer demand for a "different kind of shopping experience," Chef Albert Hall and Lila Yamashiro, owners of Acacia restaurant here, will open The Marketplace at Acacia in mid-September.
The 1,500-square-foot store will be situated next ....
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By Ellen Ranta
WASHINGTON-The new Smart Choices Program debuted on hundreds of products in supermarkets across the country in August.
The Smart Choices Program, a front-of-pack nutrition labeling program, is designed to promote public health by helping shoppers make smarter food and ....
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PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Finlandia Cheese Inc., changed its name to Valio(r) USA in August. The change, prompted in large part by the company's recent entry into the dairy innovations market, "better encompasses the company's identity and expanding product line," according to a ....
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SAN FRANCISCO-Launched on August 4, www.FishChoice.com is designed to provide chefs and retail buyers a tool to locate sustainable seafood suppliers that meet the requirements of seven leading seafood conservation organizations.
The site currently carries more than 300 different products from ....
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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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