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Wild Oats Releases 3rd-Quarter Results, Announces Change in Distributor
BOULDER, Colo. - Wild Oats Markets, Inc. today released its preliminary third-quarter 2003 sales and earnings results. The national natural and organic foods retailer also announced that it has reached a decision with distributor Tree of Life, Inc. that mutual expectations under the two companies' primary distribution agreement were unlikely to be met and that Tree of Life would relinquish the primary distribution role.
USDA Issues COOL Regulations; Industry Responds
WASHINGTON - After presiding over numerous fact-finding discussions with more than 70 different trade and producer groups, the U.S. Agriculture Department yesterday issued its proposed rules for the congressionally mandated country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program that was required by the 2002 Farm Bill.

Ahold Reports 2003 Third-Quarter Sales

ZAANDAM, the Netherlands - Ahold today announced consolidated net sales for the third quarter of the year (12 weeks through Oct. 5) of 13.0 billion euros, a decline of 7.1 percent, compared with 14.0 billion euros generated in the 2002 third quarter.
Delhaize Completes Acquisition of 43 Harveys Stores

BRUSSELS - Delhaize Group said it has completed its acquisition of 43 Harveys supermarkets located in central and south Georgia and the Tallahassee, Fla. area, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.
Biotech Industry Goes After Trans Fat

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The fight to remove trans fat from the U.S. food supply is getting a boost from the biotech industry, as Monsanto announces today at the American Dietetic Association conference in San Antonio its plans to help create trans-fat-free products, according to an article in USA Today.
Workers, Supermarkets Agree to Meet in St. Louis Labor Dispute

MEHLVILLE, Mo. - Supermarket representatives and St. Louis grocery workers involved in a labor dispute have said they will return to the bargaining table, according to an Associated Press report.
ACNielsen to More Than Double Size of U.S. Homescan Consumer Panel

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU business, this week announced plans to more than double the size of its Homescan consumer panel, the single largest expansion in the history of this industry-leading service.
Food Lion Supports New Food Allergy Program at Duke Children's Hospital

DURHAM, N.C. - Aiming to advance the knowledge and understanding of life-threatening food allergies, Food Lion has donated $250,000 to the Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center here in support of Duke's new Children's Food Allergy Education Program.
Calif. Grocery Workers Add New Claims to Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES - The United Food and Commercial Workers amended its lawsuit against California's three largest supermarket chains on Thursday to include complaints that the chains are withholding past-due pay, Reuters reports.
Wild Oats Founders Launch New Low-Price Natural Format

DENVER - The founders of Wild Oats Markets have collected their favorite qualities from competitors to create Sunflower Market, a new low-priced natural foods prototype, the Denver Post reports.

Wild Oats Releases 3rd-Quarter Results, Announces Change in Distributor

USDA Issues COOL Regulations; Industry Responds

Ahold Reports 2003 Third-Quarter Sales

Delhaize Completes Acquisition of 43 Harveys Stores

Biotech Industry Goes After Trans Fat

Workers, Supermarkets Agree to Meet in St. Louis Labor Dispute

ACNielsen to More Than Double Size of U.S. Homescan Consumer Panel

Food Lion Supports New Food Allergy Program at Duke Children's Hospital

Calif. Grocery Workers Add New Claims to Lawsuit

Wild Oats Founders Launch New Low-Price Natural Format

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