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CoolBrands Will Distribute Unilever Products
TORONTO - CoolBrands International, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Unilever Ice Cream to distribute Unilever's branded ice cream and related frozen dessert products.
Strike Talks Collapse; Supermarkets Turn Down Union Health Cost Offer
SAN DIEGO - Negotiations in the Southern California grocery worker strike and lockout broke off Friday night after a 12-hour session, local newspapers report. Federal mediation chief Peter Hurtgen said the talks had been "recessed indefinitely," a term not used before during the strike, which began Oct. 11.

Horizon Organic Holders Approve Sale to Dean Foods

ATLANTA - Milk producer Horizon Organic Holding Corp. on Thursday said its shareholders approved the company's pending acquisition by dairy processor Dean Foods Co.
Diageo to Post Nutrition Info on its Alcoholic Products

STAMFORD, Conn. - Starting next year Diageo will begin providing American consumers with alcohol content, serving size, macro-nutrients, carbohydrates, and calories for its alcoholic beverage products.
'Morning After' Pill May Be Sold OTC in Supermarkets

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted this week to recommend that a "morning after" birth control pill be sold over-the-counter, which would make it easier for consumers to purchase.
Food Lion to Sell Hot Boston Market Chicken

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion has teamed with Boston Market Corp. in an arrangement that will bring fresh, ready-to-eat Boston Market home-style meals to Food Lion supermarkets. The new concept debuted earlier this month in a Food Lion in Concord, N.C.
Union Calls for Boycott to Support Striking California Grocery Clerks

LOS ANGELES - Union leaders plan to urge members to boycott North American stores owned by Safeway, Inc. in support of 70,000 grocery clerks who've been on strike for two months in Southern California.
Update: Ahold Fails to Sell Argentine Disco Unit to Cencosud

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold said today it had failed to reach an agreement to sell its controlling stake in the Argentine supermarket chain Disco to Chilean retailer Cencosud and had ended exclusive talks.
Fresh Del Monte to Acquire Country Best Produce

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., one of the world's largest producers and marketers of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Country Best Produce from Agway Inc.
Southern California Strike Negotiations To Resume Friday

WASHINGTON - The director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) will mediate a resumption of negotiations this Friday in the Southern California grocery strike and lockout after both sides agreed to return to the bargaining table.

CoolBrands Will Distribute Unilever Products

Strike Talks Collapse; Supermarkets Turn Down Union Health Cost Offer

Horizon Organic Holders Approve Sale to Dean Foods

Diageo to Post Nutrition Info on its Alcoholic Products

'Morning After' Pill May Be Sold OTC in Supermarkets

Food Lion to Sell Hot Boston Market Chicken

Union Calls for Boycott to Support Striking California Grocery Clerks

Update: Ahold Fails to Sell Argentine Disco Unit to Cencosud

Fresh Del Monte to Acquire Country Best Produce

Southern California Strike Negotiations To Resume Friday

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