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  • PBH Unveils New Web Site

    WILMINGTON, Del. -- To better attract and service a broad range of supporters, Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) unveiled a new corporate Web site this week designed to foster better communication between current and potential foundation supporters and partners.

  • Food Lion Selling Exclusive Imported Pasta in Some Delis

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- In a move to add more high-quality, convenient items to its product mix, Food Lion here has begun offering Bertagni fresh filled pastas from Italy in more than 400 of its stores, via an exclusive partnership with Sterling Foods, Inc.

  • Whole Foods Opens Community-focused Store in Denver Area

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Leading super-natural retailer Whole Foods Market here yesterday opened a new 55,000-square-foot unit in Belmar, Colo., which, in typical Whole Foods fashion, includes a focus on local and regional foods.

  • PBH Applauds High Profile Call for Healthier Kids' Marketing

    WILMINGTON, Del. -- Leaders from the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here are hailing a new report released this week by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), which claimed food and beverage marketing aimed at kids points them to high-calorie, low-nutrient products.

  • Country Choice Organic Taps Former Hannaford Buyer for Sales

    EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Country Choice Organic, a manufacturer of organic cookies, hot cereal, and oatmeal squares here, has tapped natural/organic industry veteran Jocelyne Greg as East Cost regional manager.

  • Simonds Named VP/GM of GM Bakery Channels Biz

    MINNEAPOLIS -- Ann Simonds was named v.p. and g.m. of General Mills bakery channels, which includes supermarket bakery, bakery ingredients, fresh bread solutions, supercenter and club channels, convenient solutions, and wholesale sweet goods.

  • Marketing to Kids Influences Poor Nutritional Choices, IOM Study Says; CPG Industry Responds

    WASHINGTON -- A new report released yesterday by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) here claimed food and beverage marketing aimed at kids points them to high-calorie, low-nutrient products. In the industry's defense, GMA, meanwhile, claimed its members were already doing many things to offer kids healthy choices.

  • ACNielsen Homescan MegaPanel Expansion Now Complete

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--ACNielsen U.S. said yesterday it had completed the expansion of its Homescan consumer panel, the end of a two-year initiative that has more than doubled the size of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry's leading source of consumer and shopper insights.
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