Nonfoods

OTTAWA, Canada -- mygrocerydeals.com, an independent comparison shopping search engine, has recently expanded its market coverage to become coast-to-coast and "live" in more than 525 U.S. cities.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lund Food Holdings Inc. here is teaming with local marketing and branding firm Blackwatch to launch a new fruit smoothies beverage line this week, in a bid to tap into the lucrative health and wellness category.

UPPER DARBY, Penn. -- On the heels of opening its latest store May 24 in Villanova, Pa., Fresh Grocer, based here, said it will open five new stores throughout the Delaware Valley.

TORONTO -- Ontario shoppers now have another choice beside the usual paper or plastic grocery bags: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of Canada (A&P Canada) here has launched a reusable shopping bag. Made from 100 percent recycled material, the handheld, machine-washable foldable bag is being hailed by the retailer as "an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative" to plastic.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here is preparing to open its 71st store on Sunday, June 11, at the site of the former Garden State Race Track in Cherry Hill, N.J. In typical Wegmans fashion, the expansive store measures 125,000 square feet, and contains such amenities as a Market Café with the capacity to seat 200.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee here said it will unveil an innovative category development program for deli managers at the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association convention, which gets underway this weekend in Orlando.

CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores, Inc. here, which has been slowly battling its way back to financial health through a range of restructuring programs, yesterday posted a net loss of $5.4 million, or 10 cents per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, vs. a net loss of $2.1 million, or seven cents per share, in the same period last year.

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Natural and organic retailer Planet Organic Health Corp. yesterday closed the acquisition of Healthy's Nutrition Centres, a seven store health food store operator in the greater Toronto area.