Nonfoods

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Joseph Fernandes, onetime supermarket magnate and fixture of the Portuguese-American community in the state, died Aug. 19 at Sturdy Memorial Hospital here, according to a published report. He was 84.

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Joseph Fernandes, onetime supermarket magnate and fixture of the Portuguese-American community in the state, died Aug. 19 at Sturdy Memorial Hospital here, according to a published report. He was 84.

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. -- Consumers apparently might be torn between buying local and buying organic food, according to the results of a survey conducted by Mambo Sprouts MamboTrack research services here. The research firm found that while 36.1 percent of natural product consumers said they would choose local produce over organic items, another 33.3 percent said the opposite, and the rest of the respondents weren't sure which to choose.

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. -- Consumers apparently might be torn between buying local and buying organic food, according to the results of a survey conducted by Mambo Sprouts MamboTrack research services here. The research firm found that while 36.1 percent of natural product consumers said they would choose local produce over organic items, another 33.3 percent said the opposite, and the rest of the respondents weren't sure which to choose.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In the latest move to expand its ethnic offerings, Winn-Dixie said yesterday that the Orthodox Union recently certified its two dairy plants -- one in Plant City, Fla., and the other in Hammond, La. -- bringing the grocer's total number of private label kosher products to just over 1,000.

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court said yesterday it needs more time to consider whether to block Whole Foods Market, Inc. from buying Wild Oats Markets, Inc.

COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. -- Consumers apparently might be torn between buying local and buying organic food, according to the results of a survey conducted by Mambo Sprouts MamboTrack research services here. The research firm found that while 36.1 percent of natural product consumers said they would choose local produce over organic items, another 33.3 percent said the opposite, and the rest of the respondents weren't sure which to choose.

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court said yesterday it needs more time to consider whether to block Whole Foods Market, Inc. from buying Wild Oats Markets, Inc.