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ATLANTA -- The Home Depot has opened its first Home Depot Fuel convenience store, car wash, and gas station in Georgia. The 2,700-square foot store in Acworth, Ga. caters to contractors, do-it-yourself consumers, and commuters, according to the company. It follows pilot Fuel units in Tennessee, opened earlier this year.

WASHINGTON -- With the spinach category still reeling from food-borne illness outbreaks, the calls are welling up here for fortifying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

LOS ANGELES -- Dodger fans here were the first to try an exclusive new twist on a classic favorite last Friday when the Chilean Avocado Importers Association (CAIA) debuted a gourmet avocado topping for the world-famous "Dodger Dog."

MODESTO, Calif. - The Almond Board of California here has issued its fifth annual almond innovations challenge to food science and culinology university students: create an indulgent almond treat that contains a maximum of 200 calories.

WASHINGTON - Two of the supermarket industry's leading trade groups, the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), are taking steps to help retailers promote the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid initiative via an in-store promotional campaign. The campaign, to be called "Take a Peak," is slated to roll out at more than 3,500 food stores starting in the first quarter of 2007.

NEW YORK - While the USDA dropped the ball when it came to communicating the value of the Food Pyramid to consumers, it seems that the supermarket industry picked it up and ran, and as a result people are eating healthier, according to the latest alert from VNU's Executive Perspective. Now a new initiative from the USDA plans to take the message even further.

MODESTO, Calif. - The Almond Board of California here has issued its fifth annual almond innovations challenge to food science and culinology university students: create an indulgent almond treat that contains a maximum of 200 calories.

NEWARK, DEL. - The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here will add two new workshops to the agenda of this year's Fresh Summit International Convention and Exposition, in San Diego, Oct. 20-24.