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MILFORD, Conn. -- During the four-month period of August through November 2006, Subway here opened 766 new restaurants in 45 countries worldwide, including 425 locations in 46 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces. Of the new franchises, 69 opened inside convenience stores and another 69 opened inside Wal-Mart stores from coast to coast.

MILFORD, Conn. -- During the four-month period of August through November 2006, Subway here opened 766 new restaurants in 45 countries worldwide, including 425 locations in 46 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces. Of the new franchises, 69 opened inside convenience stores and another 69 opened inside Wal-Mart stores from coast to coast.

MILFORD, Conn. -- During the four-month period of August through November 2006, Subway here opened 766 new restaurants in 45 countries worldwide, including 425 locations in 46 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces. Of the new franchises, 69 opened inside convenience stores and another 69 opened inside Wal-Mart stores from coast to coast.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- The higher-level marketing ranks at Wal-Mart retail operations have been hard hit of late. Shortly after the jettisoning of Wal-Mart top marketing executive Julie Roehm, Sam's Club's Mark Goodman, e.v.p. of marketing, membership, and e-commerce, has now left that chain.

NEW YORK -- News surrounding a particularly virulent strain of E. coli bacteria associated with contaminated spinach topped the charts as the country's No. 1 food-related news story in 2006, according to a recent survey of the nation's food editors.

NEW YORK -- News surrounding a particularly virulent strain of E. coli bacteria associated with contaminated spinach topped the charts as the country's No. 1 food-related news story in 2006, according to a recent survey of the nation's food editors.

NEW YORK -- News surrounding a particularly virulent strain of E. coli bacteria associated with contaminated spinach topped the charts as the country's No. 1 food-related news story in 2006, according to a recent survey of the nation's food editors.