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FreshDirect Gets Exclusive with All-Natural Meat Supplier; Expands To Westchester, N.Y.
NEW YORK -- Online food retailer FreshDirect tapped Creekstone Farms as the exclusive supplier of its 100 percent source-verified, Black Angus beef.
KATRINA'S IMPACT--AN INDUSTRY UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 02, 2005-- The news from New Orleans and elsewhere in Katrina's wake continued to darken yesterday. At the same time, government agencies and private companies, including many in the grocery business, continued to scramble to help those in increasingly desperate need. What follows are highlights from yesterday¿s developments, with a focus on the industry.

FreshDirect to Push Meals with Revamped Web Navigation

NEW YORK -- Online grocer here FreshDirect today launched a new home page for its e-commerce Web site, designed to streamline the navigation process, and to introduce a "shop by meal" category featuring chef-picked and -prepared meal packages.
FreshDirect's IT Risk-taking Earns Tech Aw

NEW YORK -- FreshDirect yesterday was named a recipient of the 2005 CIO 100 award, an annual award program by IDG's CIO magazine that recognizes organizations around the world that demonstrate a high level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology.
FreshDirect Expands to New Jersey

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- New York's leading online food manufacturing and delivery service, FreshDirect, has extended its services to a new state: New Jersey.
Ex-Priceline.com Exec to Head FreshDirect Board

NEW YORK CITY -- Former chairman and c.e.o. of Priceline.com, Richard S. Braddock, stepped from behind the scenes at FreshDirect here to be appointed chairman of the online grocer yesterday. Braddock replaces founding shareholder Peter Ackerman, who will remain on the board. In addition, Braddock increased his personal investment in the company.
FreshDirect Expands Into the Hamptons, Launches Chef-Prepared Menu

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- As Manhattan descends on the Hamptons for the summer season, online grocer FreshDirect, plans to follow suit, expanding its home delivery for the 2005 summer season to Hamptons residents and vacationers.
COVER STORY: Signs of life

It's lately been a barren landscape for supermarket nonfoods. But smart ideas at retail are nourishing robust growth in some categories.
Best Yet Market Launches New York City Delivery Service

BETHPAGE, N.Y. -- A new online grocery player is elbowing its way into Manhattan's Upper East Side, challenging the likes of incumbents FreshDirect and relative newcomer to Web-based delivery, Whole Foods Market.
FreshDirect Incorporates Food Pyramid Into Online Promos

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- Armed with the newly-released USDA Food Pyramid, online grocer FreshDirect is expanding its new "Green & Orange" product marketing strategy into a host of solutions for shoppers looking to follow the new guidelines.

FreshDirect Gets Exclusive with All-Natural Meat Supplier; Expands To Westchester, N.Y.

KATRINA'S IMPACT--AN INDUSTRY UPDATE

FreshDirect to Push Meals with Revamped Web Navigation

FreshDirect's IT Risk-taking Earns Tech Aw

FreshDirect Expands to New Jersey

Ex-Priceline.com Exec to Head FreshDirect Board

FreshDirect Expands Into the Hamptons, Launches Chef-Prepared Menu

COVER STORY: Signs of life

Best Yet Market Launches New York City Delivery Service

FreshDirect Incorporates Food Pyramid Into Online Promos