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Magruder's reliance on an open platform allows the chain to create a best-of-breed in-store system, no matter who made the components.

Chardonnay remains the top supermarket varietal, but keep a close eye on Pinot Noir.

New York, N.Y. -- Recognizing the boom in the number of new food products for health-conscious Americans, and consumers' need for help in making smart choices, Health magazine will name its first annual Best of Food Award winners in a special report in the May '05 issue.

With healthier eating on everybody's minds, the fresh-cut industry is poised to help retailers cultivate a bigger crop of green on the perimeter. First, though, they've got to clear some hurdles.

Associated Wholesale Grocers of Kansas City, Kan. is spreading the dollar store gospel as the path to success against mass discounters.

Magruder's reliance on an open platform allows the chain to create a best-of-breed in-store system, no matter who made the components.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer will debut the first of nine Meijer stores to open in 2005 today in Holland and White Lake Townships, Mich., both of which will generate more than 1,000 new jobs for the retailer's home state.

CHICAGO -- IGA announced yesterday the finalists of its 2005 National Hometown Holidays Recipe Challenge. A panel of culinary chefs from the Illinois Institute of Art -- Chicago's Culinary Arts program selected the seven finalists' recipes out of the more then 300 original recipes that were submitted to IGA stores across the country during IGA's annual Hometown Holidays marketing event held Oct. 31 through Nov. 13, 2004.