Summer Holidays

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway stores are currently taking part in a month-long promotion to raise funds for the Tucson, Ariz.-based Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Some 1,500 Safeway stores across the United States are participating in the campaign, which is running in conjunction with MDA's Aisles of Smiles promotion and will end on Labor Day.

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. - Wegmans Wine & Spirits, the alcoholic beverage department of Wegmans Food Markets, will be one of the key sponsors of this weekend's Jersey Fresh Wine & Food Festival at Mercer County Community College here.

The addition of a filling station at Kishman's IGA in Minerva, Ohio has pumped up sales -- not to mention customer enthusiasm -- considerably.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertson's, Inc., based here, said this week that it's shipping 185 computers to Camp Anaconda in Central Iraq to connect family and friends with deployed loved ones in a contribution linked to celebration of the 4th of July weekend.

CHICAGO - According to legend, the famous Wrigley Building, on Michigan Ave. here, was made of a special limestone to show how white one's teeth would be if one chewed Wrigley's gum. Now chewing Wrigley's gum can also help clean America.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Struggling to regain its footing in the Sunshine State, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. this morning cut the ribbon on its 65th limited-assortment SaveRite Grocery Warehouse store, in Melbourne, Fla.

As consumers go grill crazy in rising numbers, meats are set to sizzle this summer.

Bottled water continues to ride an unquenchable popularity wave, with no crest in sight.