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Kraft Foods yesterday released an iPad app it developed to provide parents with an interactive resource to help them teach their children valuable cooking knowledge, smart eating habits and basic kitchen skills.

Delhaize Belgium plans to build an integrated supply chain enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform that will enable the retailer to standardize its supply chain transactions, and boost efficiency and productivity.

Kraft Foods last week upgraded its iFood Assistant mobile application with a meal-planning feature and enhanced functionality.

Topco Associates, LLC said Friday that Thomas G. Frey is on board as s.v.p. and c.f.o., and that it promoted David P. Picarillo to s.v.p. in charge of TopSource, Topco's not-for-resale program.

NEW YORK -- Global entertainment content company Viacom, Inc. here said this week that it has elected ex-Hannaford veteran Blythe J. McGarvie as an independent member of the Viacom board of directors, effective April 12.

WASHINGTON -- Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association handed out Excellence in Data Synchronization Awards at the first Data Synchronization Summit 2006, which was held in Las Vegas earlier this month. The summit, which attracted almost 270 attendees, marked the first time that the trade groups -- together with GS1 US subsidiary 1SYNC, a data pool offering a range of data synchronization solutions -- sponsored an industry-wide event on the topic.

WASHINGTON -- Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association handed out Excellence in Data Synchronization Awards at the first Data Synchronization Summit 2006, which was held in Las Vegas earlier this month. The summit, which attracted almost 270 attendees, marked the first time that the trade groups -- together with GS1 US subsidiary 1SYNC, a data pool offering a range of data synchronization solutions -- sponsored an industry-wide event on the topic.

WASHINGTON -- According to a report issued yesterday by global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company Accenture; the Food Marketing Institute; the Grocery Manufacturers Association; Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets; and Lawrenceville, N.J.-based 1SYNC, the newly formed GS1 US subsidiary, investing in accurate global data synchronization (GDS) yields such potential benefits as enhanced supply chain efficiency, cost savings, and higher revenue to CPG companies and retailers.