Research & Analysis

LANDOVER, Md. - Giant and Super G customers will have a unique opportunity to help feed needy families this holiday season by purchasing You Can Help Hunger Boxes, which will be available for purchase from Oct. 26 through Nov. 16.

AUSTIN, Texas - Whole Foods Market will announce today that it is adopting humane animal treatment standards, becoming the first supermarket chain to do so.

LOS ANGELES - The strike by 70,000 Southern California grocery clerks entered its second week on Sunday, with no new negotiations in sight, according to local reports.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc. has announced that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided not to establish a large-scale, national flu vaccination program this season and, therefore, will not be offering FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) in its pharmacies this year.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A new survey conducted by the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University finds that only 26 percent of Americans surveyed think they've eaten food made from a genetically modified crop, Scripps Howard News Service reports.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Ahold today warned that the accounting scandal that broke earlier this year will have "a significant impact" on its 2003 results, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- In honor of the 20th anniversary of its Kings Cooking Studio, Kings Super Markets here has created a cookbook featuring over 160 recipes and 115 color photos arranged in seasonal meal themes prepared by the chain's Cooking Studio teachers and guest chefs.

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.