Frozen Foods

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper here is readying its Johnstown, N.Y. store to reopen Sunday, after an eight-month-long remodel that added 13,000 square feet to the existing 44,000-square-foot store.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion said yesterday it is unveiling fresh makeovers at 26 stores in the tri-state area of Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion today is unveiling the first of three stores to open in Spartanburg County, S.C. this year. The store is the prototype for Food Lion's future upstate South Carolina stores.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Shoppers buying many well-known national brands at Price Chopper here this month will be helping to cheer up area children sorely in need of happiness: The purchase of selected brands in the retailer's stores supports Kansas City's Dream Factory, the local chapter of a national volunteer-based nonprofit organization with the goal of fulfilling dreams for children with life-altering illnesses. The campaign marks the third year in a row that Price Chopper has backed the local charity this way, raising $50,000 to date.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Shoppers buying many well-known national brands at Price Chopper here this month will be helping to cheer up area children sorely in need of happiness: The purchase of selected brands in the retailer's stores supports Kansas City's Dream Factory, the local chapter of a national volunteer-based nonprofit organization with the goal of fulfilling dreams for children with life-altering illnesses. The campaign marks the third year in a row that Price Chopper has backed the local charity this way, raising $50,000 to date.

MILWAUKEE -- Roundy's Supermarkets here and specialty produce pioneer Frieda's, Inc. completed a successful in-store educational partner event over the weekend throughout Pick 'n Save, Copps, and Rainbow grocery stores to elevate consumer knowledge of nontraditional fresh produce.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. and Acosta Sales & Marketing donated $35,000 to America's Second Harvest Food Banks on Tuesday, which was designated National Hunger Awareness Day.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Distinguished Order of Zerocrats, a group that promotes the advancement of the frozen food industry, yesterday named the 2006 inductees of the Frozen Food Industry Hall of Fame. The inductees will be officially honored during the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Convention, Oct. 7-10, 2006 in Orlando, Fla.