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Compelling merchandising and aggressive promotion at retail are helping put meat, produce, deli, and bakery in a great field position for Super Bowl food feasts.

WILMINGTON, Del. - With 90 percent of Americans failing to meet their daily recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have teamed to make fruit and veggies top-of-mind for parents and children during the month of September as families pack their lunch bags and head back to school.

WILMINGTON, Del. - With 90 percent of Americans failing to meet their daily recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have teamed to make fruit and veggies top-of-mind for parents and children during the month of September as families pack their lunch bags and head back to school.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- New York-area gourmet retailer The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here, is introducing "Picnic in the Park," a program of four store-prepared gourmet picnic lunches, at its Bridgemarket location at 59th Street in Manhattan.

MILWAUKEE -- In response to an emergency request from a local charitable service organization, the Roundy's Foundation here delivered 41,000 pounds of soup valued at $58,954 to the Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee. The donation, which included chunky vegetable, chunky vegetable beef, and chicken rice soups, will help feed the hungry through 60 food shelters in Milwaukee County.

SEATTLE and HERSHEY, Pa. -- If you like your coffee with chocolate, you'll love the new initiative planned by Starbucks Coffee Co. and the Hershey Co. The two companies have inked a development and distribution agreement designed to "help transform the premium chocolate segment," with a new Starbucks-branded premium chocolate platform that will hit the U.S. market starting this fall.