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Regional independent HEB said this week it’s strengthening its support of the Texas communities it serves by building new stores and creating new job opportunities, lowering prices on a wide range of items, and continuing its community involvement.

Community-based independent Maywood Market plans to install a new point-of-sale (POS) and back-office solution to provide a faster and more convenient shopping experience, and to run in-store promotions more effectively.

A new slate of members has been appointed to the USDA’s Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee.

Throughout the recession, retailers and manufacturers have stepped up efforts to bring about innovation that seizes the moment and “drives the recession wave” rather than “rides the recession wave.”

Health-conscious consumers can add the finishing touch to their favorite desserts or snacks with TRUwhip, an all-natural whipped topping option featuring no GMOs, hydrogenated oils, trans fats, high-fructose corn syrup or gluten.

In a presentation last week before a Federal Trade Commission forum, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) SVP and chief government affairs officer Mary Sophos revealed new data indicating that children today are seeing fewer food, beverage and restaurant advertisements on television, with the mix having shifted to more ads promoting nutritious items.

In response to growing demand from such ethnic consumers as Hispanics, Muslims and Caribbean islanders, Golden, Colo.-based Coleman Natural Foods, the country’s largest organic and natural meat company, has introduced Natural, Pasture Raised Rocky Mountain Goat, which is 100 percent sustainably farmed as well as humanely raised and processed.

Despite a lot of media attention and increased grocer interest in stocking organic food and HBC items, there has actually been no growth in the number of U.S. consumers who buy such products, according to a recent study by TABS Group, a Shelton, Conn.-based marketing, research and consulting firm in the consumer products industry.