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  • Ralphs Helps Locals Quit Smoking With Free Nicotine Patches, Gum

    The Kroger Co.’s Los Angeles-based Ralphs Grocery Co. subsidiary is teaming up with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and L.A. Care Health Plan to spearhead the largest in-person giveaway of nicotine patches and gum ever in California. The 30,000 quit-smoking aids are currently being given away to L.A. county residents at 47 participating Ralphs Pharmacies while supplies last.
  • Jewel-Osco Accepting Applications for Hunger Relief Grants

    Supervalu-owned Jewel-Osco has begun accepting applications for its “Hunger Relief Grant Program,” which was designed to fund the operational needs of food pantries and soup kitchens.
  • Denver’s Tony’s Market Opens

    The new Tony’s Market & Bistro in downtown Denver held a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday for its first location in the city and fourth location. Mayor John Hickenlooper presided over the festivities. In addition to marking the grand opening of the new market, the event kicked off a day of fundraising in recognition of the mayor’s fight to end homelessness.
  • Whole Foods, Univ. of Maine Co-op Extension Team on Food Preservation

    Whole Foods Market has tapped the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for food preservation advice. The UMaine Extension’s canning and preserving Web site is featured in “This Is What Summer Tastes Like,” a seasonal entertaining guide available nationally in Whole Foods stores.
  • Giant-Landover’s Lottery Commission Goes to Feed Hungry

    Giant Food, LLC has donated a $100,000 commission it received from the D.C. Lottery to the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The store at 1535 Alabama Avenue in southeast Washington, D.C., sold the winning the winning Powerball jackpot ticket on April 8.
  • Uncertainty Among Colo. Grocery Workers as Union Deadline Looms

    Safeway workers in Colorado have agreed to extend their current contract with management until June 15, but Kroger’s King Soopers and its workers weren’t able to develop an extension acceptable to all in time for Saturday’s contract termination date.
  • Costco Pilots New Solution for Food Stamps

    Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., will begin accepting food stamps in its two New York City locations as soon as it has completed the installation of the necessary technology for processing the payment cards, estimated for early summer 2009.
  • Illinois Food Marketing Task Force Calls for ‘Illinois Fresh Food Fund'

    The Illinois Food Marketing Task Force is calling on lawmakers to create a new “Illinois Fresh Food Fund” initiative to stimulate supermarket development in underserved areas across the state while simultaneously improving health in low-income communities and attracting significant private investment and jobs.
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