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As popular low-carb diets urge consumers to kiss spuds goodbye, potato producers whip into damage-control mode.

Low-carb mania is sweeping the nation, but is it a lifestyle change or just another oat bran-style fad?

NEW YORK - Whole Foods Market today opened its new flagship store in Manhattan's new Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. At 59,000 square feet, the store is billed as the largest supermarket in Manhattan.

COLTON, Calif.- Stater Bros. Markets, 50 percent owner of Santee Dairies, Inc., has acquired from Ralphs Grocery Co. and Kroger their 50 percent ownership in Santee Dairies, which gives Stater Bros. Markets 100 percent ownership.

Look for low-carb cocktails and packaging advances to re-energize the juice aisle in 2004.

Undaunted by today's intense competition, a number of creative independent operators are thriving on their innovation and their imagination.

Improved quality, line extensions, product innovation, and high margins crown private label as the dairy aisle's royalty.

New products are jolting coffee and tea sales, not to mention consumers' palates.

Some of the most successful items in the supermarket perimeter are giving consumers plenty of reasons to appreciate specialty perishables.

LOS ANGELES - A California woman has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the J.M. Smucker Co. claiming that its label, "Simply 100 percent fruit," is misleading since its spreadable jam is less than half fruit, Reuters reports.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Applebee's International Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Nestle SA, accusing the food company of infringing the restaurant chain's "Skillet Sensations" trademark.

Enticing customers with a host of new flavor combinations and heat levels, hot sauces are burning up the shelves of the condiment aisle.