Research & Analysis

Women's Concerns Over Hormone Replacement Treatment Help Boost Soy Sales
NEW YORK -- Health concerns associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), like stroke and an increased risk of breast cancer, are causing many women consumers to try soy isolflavones as a natural and milder solution to relieve menopausal symptoms.
Unilever to Enter European Chilled Products Market
ROTTERDAM -- Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever NV will enter the European chilled products market in September, c.e.o. Anthony Burgmans said Wednesday. The company will introduce ready-made chilled meals in Dutch supermarkets as of September under the brand name Conimex.

Shaw's Supermarkets Chooses Ateb's Pharmacy Solutions

Raleigh, N.C. -- Ateb, Inc., a market leader in pharmacy solutions, announced today that Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. has chosen to implement both its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution and its Electronic Signature Capture solution in 64 pharmacies.
Ahold's Giant-Landover Division Sells Seven Strip Shopping Centers

LANDOVER, Md. - In the aftermath of an accounting scandal that has rocked its Netherlands-based corporate parent, Ahold NV, Giant Food LLC, has sold a package of seven premier strip shopping centers, each anchored by a Giant supermarket, to Edens & Avant for an undisclosed price.
PM Beef Installs Digital Angel Corp.'s Livestock Scanner To Enhance Trace Ability

MINNEAPOLIS - PM Beef has selected Digital Angel Corp. and IMI, Platte City, Mo., as a new information alliance partner to capture data from proprietary RFID and software products for use on cow/calf farms, feedlots, and PM's harvest and fabrication facility in Windom, Minn.
Heartland Soups and Marsha's Marvelous Enter Into Strategic Alliance

SAN FRANCISCO -- Heartland Soups, based here, and South San Francisco-based Marsha's Marvelous have entered into a strategic alliance to combine sales, marketing, and distribution of their fresh soups in the San Francisco Bay area.
Shaw's Wants Plastic Foam Packaging

FREEPORT, Maine -- Shaw's Supermarkets is asking the town of Freeport to change its 14-year-old ordinance prohibiting plastic foam packaging at retail stores.
IFC May Put Up 25 Percent of Cash for Ahold Argentina Unit Sale

BUENOS AIRES -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering putting up as much as 25 percent of the cash needed to buy Disco SA, the Argentine unit of troubled Dutch supermarket chain Royal Ahold NV.
Feds Investigate Coke on Fraud Charges

ATLANTA -- Federal prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation into fraud allegations against Coca-Cola Co., including claims that the beverage giant rigged a market test at Burger King outlets to inflate the popularity of its slush drink Frozen Coke.
Nash Finch's Second-Quarter Earnings Decline

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nash Finch Co. posted a drop in second-quarter earnings, hurt by weak retail sales and fierce competition in the supermarket sector.

Women's Concerns Over Hormone Replacement Treatment Help Boost Soy Sales

Unilever to Enter European Chilled Products Market

Shaw's Supermarkets Chooses Ateb's Pharmacy Solutions

Ahold's Giant-Landover Division Sells Seven Strip Shopping Centers

PM Beef Installs Digital Angel Corp.'s Livestock Scanner To Enhance Trace Ability

Heartland Soups and Marsha's Marvelous Enter Into Strategic Alliance

Shaw's Wants Plastic Foam Packaging

IFC May Put Up 25 Percent of Cash for Ahold Argentina Unit Sale

Feds Investigate Coke on Fraud Charges

Nash Finch's Second-Quarter Earnings Decline

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