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e-News November 20, 2009 |
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By Anna Wolfe
ATLANTA-Cook's Warehouse celebrated the grand opening of its new flagship store here at the Ansley Mall Nov. 13.
The gala Grand Opening featured new cookware products, hors d'oeuvres, cooking demonstrations, special prices and fund-raising giveaways to benefit two ....
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Pleasant Valley Kitchen Co.'s Sugar and Spice Sweet Sauce, a habanero hot sauce, received the grand prize at the 2010 Scovie Award announced in November.
Sugar and Spice Sweet Sauce was developed by Carolyn Barrett, proprietor of Pleasant Valley Kitchen ....
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MONTVALE, N.J.-The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., based here, introduced a new cheese collection in October.
The Hartford Reserve Artisan Cheese collection is a unique, yet affordable selection of high-quality cheeses, crafted by an elite group of Master Cheesemakers from ....
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CARLSBAD, Calif. -The wine accessories company here known for its line of Vinturi Essential Wine Aerators has changed its corporate name to Vinturi Inc. from Exica Inc. to reflect the success of its best-selling product.
"When we started this business, Vinturi ....
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SEATTLE-Coffee Fest 2009 welcomed nearly 7,000 attendees and exhibitors to its hometown show at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, here, Sept. 25-27.
The three-day show schedule was loaded with professional classes, a Latte Art contest and the Tinker's ....
| e-News November 13, 2009
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By Anna Wolfe
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-They were stocked and ready for the holiday season. Or that's what The Gourmet Gallery Owners Cindy Utecht and Janet McDonald thought when they hosted their annual holiday open house at their store here and in ....
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NOTTINGHAM, England-With the scarcity of jobs and a tightening of purse strings by consumers, the economic downturn has turned more people into thieves. Incidents of shoplifting increased by almost six percent over the past year, according to an annual survey ....
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LEESBURG, Va.-Grocery retailer Wegmans opened its newest store here on Nov. 8, and has plans for more locations in the future.
The 139,000-square-foot store here, the fifth in Virginia, features 70,000-plus products, a Market Cafe with combined indoor and outdoor seating ....
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By Anna Wolfe
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill.-Organic candy brand Surf Sweets has increased its distribution and the line is now available nationally.
Surf Sweets offers seven varieties of its organic and natural gummy candies and jelly beans, all of which ....
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WELLESLEY, Mass.- Belgium's Chocolate Source, based here, begins importing and distributing the Belgian Cote D'Or products in the United States on Jan. 1
Belgium's Chocolate Source has a multiyear agreement with Kraft Foods International Inc., according to a prepared statement.
Belgium's ....
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WASHINGTON-Three days after being singled out in a conference call by the Food and Drug Administration, the Smart Choices Program announced it will voluntarily suspend use of its front-of-package labeling system.
On Oct. 20 during a conference call with journalists, FDA ....
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By Ellen Ranta
MINNEAPOLIS-After a week of seemingly endless news on the economy in March, former retailer Cinda Baxter took to her blog to vent her frustrations with the "doom and gloom" mentality and suggest a simple solution.
Her idea - spend ....
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By Anna Wolfe
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-After 10 months of planning, Candylicious, a 10,000-square-foot candy store, opened here inside the Dubai Mall Sept. 30.
Calling itself "the largest candy store in the world," Candylicious is a new concept by Retail Is Detail ....
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JUPITER, Fla.- At the Abacoa Town Center Nov. 6-8, the 7th Annual Feast of Little Italy is where attendees can get a taste of the regional Italian cuisines. And once again, Italian foods retailer Joseph's Classic Market will be setting ....
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LAS PALMAS, Gran Canaria-U.S. cheesemakers collected an "unprecedented" number of awards at this year's World Cheese Awards, held here Oct. 1-3.
Thirty-six companies collected 83 medals in 43 cheese categories. Of those 83 medals, 21 were gold, 27 silver and 35 ....
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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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