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  • FDA Recalls Gel Candy Due to Choking Hazard

    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recalled 16,000 packages of mini-cup gel candies sold nationwide because they were deemed a choking hazard, Reuters reports.

  • USDA Bans Import of Clementine Oranges

    WASHINGTON - The government last week banned the import of the fruit Spanish clementines after larvae of the Mediterranean fruit fly were found in some of the fruit, Reuters reports.

  • Ahold Gets FTC Approval to Buy Bruno's Supermarkets

    NEW YORK - Dutch supermarkets group Koninklijke Ahold NV was given approval from the Federal Trade Commission on Friday to buy Bruno's Supermarkets Inc., but the company was told it must close two of its own regional groceries stores in two Georgia towns, Reuters reports.

  • 7-Eleven Implements Novadigm's e-wrap Technology

    MAHWAH, N.J. - Novadigm Inc., provider of adaptive management solutions for software and content in enterprise and Internet environments, today announced that 7-Eleven Inc. has implemented Novadigm's e-wrap technology to automate the management of server-based software that powers retail systems in its chain of 5,300 U.S. convenience stores.

  • Albertson's Sells New England Osco Drug Stores

    BOISE, Idaho - Albertson's Inc. today said that it will sell 80 of its Osco Drug stores in New England to privately held Maxi Drug Inc., which does business as Brooks Pharmacy, for $240 million, The Associated Press reports.

  • November Retail Sales Weakest in Decade

    NEW YORK - U.S. retailers reported the weakest sales growth for November since the recession of 1990, Reuters reports.

  • Pathmark's Same Store Sales Increase 3.3% in Third Quarter

    CARTERET, N.J. - Pathmark Stores Inc. today reported results for its third quarter and nine-month period ended Nov. 3, 2001. Sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 were $985.9 million, up 5.2% from the $937.1 million in the prior year third quarter.

  • Merchandise Distributor BMK Files for Bankruptcy

    CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif. - BMK Inc., one of the nation's largest general-merchandise distributors, filed bankruptcy on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
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