Deloitte

DANBURY, Ct. - Bristol Technology is once again working with Progressive Grocer as sponsor of the 2004 Category Captains awards program. The program honors CPG companies whose innovation, commitment, and leadership in category management raise the bar for all supermarket industry suppliers.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Fresh Brands, Inc. here today announced that its audit committee has voted to engage Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the company's independent auditing firm for 2004. Deloitte & Touche will replace KPMG LLP, which has served as Fresh Brands' independent auditor for the past two years.

MINNEAPOLIS - International Multifoods Corp. today announced that Dan C. Swander, currently president and chief operating officer, is leaving the company at the end of its fiscal year in February 2004.

NEW YORK - SureBeam Corp. today named Peterson & Co. LLP as its new auditing firm. The company, which fired its previous auditor more than three months ago in a dispute about bookkeeping practices, was recently delisted from Nasdaq because it had failed to file quarterly earnings reports, Reuters reports.

NEW YORK - SureBeam Corp. on Thursday said it fired Deloitte & Touche -- its third dismissal of an accounting firm in little over a year -- after the accounting firm raised concerns over how SureBeam had booked revenue from certain contracts starting in 2000, Reuters reports.

AMSTERDAM - A Dutch public prosecutor initiated a criminal investigation into possible falsification of accounts at Ahold over the weekend, raiding the company's headquarters, Reuters reports.

WASHINGTON - Auditors at Deloitte & Touche became aware of potential accounting irregularities at U.S. Foodservice Inc. after at least two of the company's suppliers disputed rebate figures, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the situation.

WASHINGTON - Wholesale food distributor Nash Finch Co. on Wednesday said the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a formal investigation of its accounting practices.