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NEW YORK -- A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York claims that Gristede's Operating Corp. here, owner of Gristedes supermarkets, confined female workers in lower-paying positions and failed to promote them to management jobs, according to Outten & Golden, LLP, a New York law firm representing former employees of the retailer.

JAMAICA, N.Y. -- Mountainside Farms here, an affiliate of Elmhurst Dairy, Inc., New York City's biggest milk supplier, is now offering Mountainside Farms UltraPure milk in Whole, 2% Reduced Fat, 1% Lowfat, and Fat Free varieties at select grocery stores such as Gristede's, Food Emporium, A&P, Foodtown, D'Agostino, and Associated Supermarkets in New York and New Jersey.

JAMAICA, N.Y. -- Mountainside Farms here, an affiliate of Elmhurst Dairy, Inc., New York City's biggest milk supplier, is now offering Mountainside Farms UltraPure milk in Whole, 2% Reduced Fat, 1% Lowfat, and Fat Free varieties at select grocery stores such as Gristede's, Food Emporium, A&P, Foodtown, D'Agostino, and Associated Supermarkets in New York and New Jersey.

NEW YORK -- Gristede's, based here, has filed a civil lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court this week against two Long Island, N.Y.-based American Indian tribes alleging that they engaged in acts of racketeering, false advertising, and unfair competition in selling cigarettes to non-Indians without collecting state and local sales taxes as required by law.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. initiated what it terms the next step of a reorganization that began in early November to reduce overhead costs by about $50 million in fiscal 2005, and $25 million in fiscal 2006.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The on-again, off-again sale of Kings Super Markets may be on again, as turmoil hits British owner Marks & Spencer, according to a report in the Newark Star-Ledger newspaper.

Several greeting card companies are developing high-quality designs and merchandising tools to help supermarkets jump-start sales and increase profits.

LONDON - Retailer Marks & Spencer PLC today announced it is abandoning plans to sell its U.S. chain, Kings Super Markets, because of the current economic climate.