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e-News October 16, 2009 |
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PHOENIX-Expanding natural foods retailer Sprouts Farmers Markets, based here, debuts its third Austin-area location on Oct. 16, with a fourth Austin opening scheduled for January.
Growing new Sprouts stores in the Austin area-which happens to be home to Whole Foods Market-is ....
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WEBSTERVILLE, Vt.-By the end of the month, a new name will be in place for the award-winning Vermont Butter and Cheese Co., based here.
Vermont Butter and Cheese Co. is changing its name to Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery. To ....
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NEW YORK-According to new research from the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade Inc., an estimated 138 million Americans buy specialty food, and 82 percent of specialty food consumers surveyed are cooking more at home.
These are some of the ....
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NAPA, Calif.-Salute Sante! Grapeseed Oil, produced by Food & Vine Inc., based here, recently expanded its distribution into the upper Midwest with the Roundy's Supermarket chains - Pick & Save and Copps in Wisconsin and Rainbow in Minnesota.
Salute Sante is ....
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Economic issues continue to top the list of consumer concerns according to the most recent consumer survey by the Center for Food Integrity. The U.S. economy, rising energy costs, the rising cost of food, rising health care costs ....
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By Anna Wolfe
CHICAGO-Phase one of a multi-million dollar overhaul of one of the city's train stations-including a European-style market-is scheduled to open in November.
Located in the West Loop, MetraMarket is a 100,000-square-foot retail development-and phase one includes 60,000 square feet ....
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By Anna Wolfe
CHICAGO-Supporting local confections makers, Pastoral Artisanal Cheese Bread and Wine began offering a gift box showcasing many locally made sweets last month.
Available online at www.pastoralartisan.com, the Sweet Home Chicago Collection features the handmade creations of some of Chicago's ....
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WASHINGTON-To explain how interchange fees impact her independent retail business, Kathy Miller, co-owner with her husband Warren, of the Elmore Store in Elmore, Vt., traveled here to testify in front of the House Financial Services Committee on the Credit Card ....
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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla.-Natural foods retailer Good Earth Natural Foods has opened a new store here, according to the Bradenton Herald.
The new store is the fourth in Manatee County, and the biggest by far, at three times the size of the ....
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KENNEBUNK, Maine-The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. will close its supermarket here on Oct. 30.
The two-year-old, 65,000-square-foot store here has 140 full-time and part-time employees, and announcements of the store's closing caught them and town officials off guard, according ....
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BOSTON-More gluten-free products and beverages lower in sugar and low in calories were among the trends spotted at the tradeshow Natural Products Expo East here Sept. 24-26.
Editors and experts from New Hope Natural Media, the show's organizers, scoured the ....
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By Ellen Ranta
MADISON, Wis.-Alice.com co-founders Mark McGuire and Brian Wiegand are on a mission to change the way consumer packaged goods-such as toilet paper, laundry detergent and diapers-are bought and sold. And along the way, they're selling an expanding assortment ....
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BOSTON-Approximately 21,000 retail buyers and other industry members explored more than 1,500 booths at Natural Products Expo East/Organic Products Expo-BioFach America held Sept. 23-26 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center here.
"The importance of face-to-face meetings was validated by ....
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By Ellen Ranta
WATERBURY, Vt. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has flipped the switch on its new solar array, sending solar energy collected from the roof of its distribution center here to power its facility.
Construction of the 100kW ....
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HOUSTON-Inspired by the success of the government's Cash for Clunkers program, kitchenware company Chantal is offering a teakettle trade-in program.
Chantal offers this program in partnership with retailers across the U.S. The program, which runs throughout the month of October, ....
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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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