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ST. LOUIS - St. Louis' three largest grocery chains began hiring replacement workers Thursday in case United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 decides to strike next week, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

NATICK, Mass. - BJ's Wholesale Club here is rolling out smaller "life sizes," supermarket-size packages of perishable items, including meat, seafood, produce, and dairy items, according to a report in yesterday's Waterbury Republican-American newspaper.

WASHINGTON - C. Manly Molpus, president and c.e.o. of the Grocery Manufacturers of America here, yesterday called on the U.S. and Canadian governments to work for greater harmonization of regulatory standards to promote increased trade and efficiency in the movement of goods across the border.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest retailer, plans to open as many as 195 new stores and replace or expand another 160 in the United States next year.

BRUSSELS -- Belgian retailer Delhaize Group said Tuesday it is expanding its convenience store concept Delhaize City to Germany, Greece, Romania, and the Czech Republic.

Working closely with charitable products not only helps a good cause, but also has a positive effect on the bottom line.

Manufacturers looking to create organic standards for personal care products are locked in a debate over the role of water.

BRUSSELS -- Belgian retailer Delhaize Group said Tuesday it is expanding its convenience store concept Delhaize City to Germany, Greece, Romania, and the Czech Republic.