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  • Almost 20 Percent of Americans Classified as Gourmet Consumers: Report

    NEW YORK -- A report released yesterday by market research publisher Packaged Facts has found that just under one-fifth of U.S. adults can be classified as gourmet food consumers, and their purchases are driving a $41.2 billion industry.

  • Bison Chili Debuts at Northeast Whole Foods Stores

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Select Whole Foods Market stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island will now feature fully cooked, prepackaged Ted's Montana Grill Bison Chili in the frozen food section. The chili is already on sale in the Southeast, at Whole Foods and Harry's Farmers Markets in Atlanta, as well as in Whole Foods stores in North Carolina and South Carolina.

  • Safeway Launches Genuardis.com In Philly

    PHILADELPHIA -- Shoppers here logging on to the newly launched Genardis.com will now be able to specify how ripe they prefer certain fruits, or how thick they like their steaks, thanks to a revamp of the Safeway-owned chain's online offering that brings it in line with that of other Safeway operating units.

  • HEB's Central Market Own Brand Continues to Grow

    SAN ANTONIO -- Central Market, the successful gourmet spinoff of H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here, continues to build a distinctive own-brand franchise for its seven Texas stores. The retailer last week brought shoppers up to date in its e-mail newsletter, touting an armload of products bearing the CM private label.

  • GROCERY: Extra points

    While snacks, beer, and soft drinks score biggest for Super Bowl, retailers can gain yardage with many nontraditional products, too.

  • AFFI Praises Late TV Dinner Inventor

    MCLEAN, Va. -- The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), based here, yesterday issued a heartfelt tribute to one of its own -- Gerald E. "Gerry" Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner, who died in Paradise Valley, Ariz. this week of cancer at the age of 83.

  • Del Monte and Pacer Ink Global Logistics Pact

    CONCORD, Calif. -- San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods has tapped Pacer International, Inc., a logistics and freight transportation provider here, to provide comprehensive logistics services for the producer, distributor, and marketer of branded and private label food and pet products.

  • Heinz Moves to Expand Snacks, Appy Category With Nancy's Foods Acquisition

    PITTSBURGH -- H.J. Heinz Co., based here, has agreed to purchase privately held Nancy's Specialty Foods, Inc. -- producers of the Nancy's brand of premium appetizers, quiche entrees, and desserts -- from affiliates of Kohlberg & Co., LLC. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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