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BETHESDA, Md. -- Specialty food retailer Balducci's here is gearing up to pay homage to its heritage with a monthlong series of celebrity chef demonstrations, cookbook signings, classes, and tastings that will offer the authentic tastes and flavors of Italy.

CORAL GABLES, Fl. -- Del Monte Fresh Produce here made four key appointments to its North American organization.

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.

SALINAS VALLEY, Calif. -- Amid an ongoing outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach that had sickened 166 people in 25 states through Friday, spinach grown outside California's Salinas Valley will likely be back in distribution and make return to produce shelves within a few days, federal health officials say.

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.

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.

SALINAS VALLEY, Calif. -- Amid an ongoing outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach that had sickened 166 people in 25 states through Friday, spinach grown outside California's Salinas Valley will likely be back in distribution and make return to produce shelves within a few days, federal health officials say.

ALVISO, Calif. and CHICAGO - TiVo Inc. and market research firm Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), yesterday launched the IRI TiVo Consumer Insights Suite, to provide advertisers, brand marketers, and retailers with the ability to understand the impact digital video recorder (DVR) technology has on consumer viewing patterns and subsequent product sales, as well as the ability to quantify the effectiveness of specific advertising campaigns and brand recognition programs in TiVo DVR households.