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LOS ANGELES - Negotiators in Southern California's long-running grocery strike prepare to return to the table this week for the first time in nearly two months, the Associated Press reports.

CHICAGO - CoolSavings Inc., an online direct marketing and media company, today announced it has purchased the Targeted Marketing Services (TMS) business of Alliance Data Systems.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons is helping to bring heart health information to women through an awareness program in its stores and sponsorship of The Heart Truth Road Show in some of America's largest metropolitan markets in March and April.

CHICAGO - IGA here yesterday said that 47 stores supplied by Bozzuto's, Inc., the Cheshire, Conn.-based wholesale food distributor, have been added to the IGA system over the last two months. The stores are located throughout IGA's Northeast region in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

LOS ANGELES - Southern California supermarket chains involved in a four-month strike rejected an offer by the union of binding arbitration late yesterday, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger offered to terminate the strike if asked.

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.

NEW YORK - A union representing striking U.S. grocery workers said on Tuesday it would stage a rally on Wall Street urging investors to rethink investments in the nation's top grocers as a Southern California health care dispute drags on toward its fifth month.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons today introduced "Blue Ribbon" Beef, a new, high-quality brand, to its supermarkets across the country. The new brand offers customers a wide range of high-quality roasts and tender-aged steaks that are "guaranteed twice" to meet their satisfaction.