Nonfoods

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Regional retailer Bashas' has tapped former anchorwoman Mary Jo West as its new director of public relations. West replaces Diana Bejarano-Medina, who left the company in May. West will assume her new position with the retailer on June 26.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway yesterday launched a new merchandising program designed to make its stores a one-stop shopping destination for summer grilling needs.

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.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- For the second consecutive year, Tops Markets, LLC here is allowing its shoppers in northeast Ohio to contribute to local Children's Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals across the region. Shoppers who buy a CMN paper balloon for $1 at the checkout of their local Tops store will receive a coupon good for $1 off any Tops brand ice cream. The two-week in-store campaign ends June 17.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and A.T. Kearney yesterday released "Insomnia in the Corner Office," a white paper that defines the challenges and opportunities facing CPG executives. The survey found that nearly 30 percent of all respondents said their existing business models are the main barrier to growth.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and A.T. Kearney yesterday released "Insomnia in the Corner Office," a white paper that defines the challenges and opportunities facing CPG executives. The survey found that nearly 30 percent of all respondents said their existing business models are the main barrier to growth.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association's board of directors gave the green light over the weekend to the trade association's proposed merger with another trade group, the Food Products Association.

RICHMOND, B.C. -- Dag Felck, organic program manager at Nature's Path Foods here, has been appointed to the Organic Trade Association's board of directors. Falck came to Nature's Path in May 2003.