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  • ConAgra Names New EVP for R&D

    OMAHA, Neb. -- Al Bolles, Ph.D., has joined ConAgra Foods based here as e.v.p. of research, development and quality. At ConAgra he replaces Pat Verduin, who announced a personal decision to leave the company last year and who will assist in the transition.
  • Whole Foods N.J. Stores to Host Healthy Lifestyle Workshops

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said yesterday it will offer a special series of healthy-lifestyle workshops in March to celebrate National Nutrition Month, at its three northern New Jersey stores.
  • FSIS Rule Would Make Retail Lists Available During Recalls

    WASHINGTON -- The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed a rule that would make public the lists of retail outlets that have received products that have subsequently been recalled.
  • Fish farm to expand for Big Y

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Through a sourcing deal with a regional fish farm, Big Y Foods will buy 5,000 pounds a week of barramundi, a freshwater fish originally from Australia, while the farm, Montague, Mass.-based Australis Aquaculture, LLC will expand its capacity with a 19,400-square-foot addition.
  • Mass. Offers New Incentives for Supermarkets to Reuse Organics

    BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) here last week introduced a new certification program that will reward stores with regulatory relief if they voluntarily develop sustainable programs for reusing organics and other wastes, rather than discarding them.
  • Arsenal Schnucks To Get 'Taste of Italy' Section

    ST. LOUIS -- Schnucks Markets here will give the traditional prepared foods department in its Arsenal supermarket "the boot," so to speak, with a specialty concept called "A Taste of Italy."
  • Six Retailers Call for Department-focused Approach to Data Sync

    LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Associated Food Stores, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Supervalu, Unified Western Grocers, Wal-Mart, and Wegmans Food Markets combined their voices in a chorus to urge suppliers to adopt a number of strategic activities to expand data synchronization.
  • GROCERY: Pasta: Al dente

    Pasta's rebound from its Atkins-era slump makes the category just right for full-meal merchandising.
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