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LONDON - Retail tycoon Philip Green has formally submitted his bid proposal for UK supermarket Safeway Plc, the Office of Fair Trading said on Tuesday, showing he is serious about joining the hotly contested takeover battle.

MONTREAL - This Valentine's Day, some customers at a Montreal supermarket will be shopping for dates -- and not the dry, sticky kind, the Montreal Gazette reports.

RA'ANANA, Israel -Retalix Ltd. and Super-Sol Ltd. are establishing a public B2B electronic marketplace in Israel that will provide online collaboration services between Super-Sol, Israel's largest supermarket chain, and its suppliers.

BRUSSELS - The U.S. administration is finding it tough to decide on launching a trade dispute case against the European Union over its ban on gene-modified foods, a U.S. trade official said on Monday.

HACKENSACK, N.J. - I.D. Systems Inc., based in Hackensack, N.J., has received a purchase order from Golub Corporation, the privately held owner and operator of Price Chopper supermarkets, for I.D. Systems' Wireless Asset Net fleet management system.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is urging his fellow commissioners of agriculture to encourage their state's retailers to start identifying the country of origin now, rather than waiting until it becomes mandatory.

TORONTO - Canada's second-largest supermarket chain says it's ready and willing to expand through acquisitions, including buying any Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. stores that come on the market, The Toronto Star reports.

MONTVALE, N.J. - A&P on Friday announced separate agreements for the sale of nine supermarkets in northern New England, to The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and Big Y Foods. The company said the transactions are part of a larger divestiture of operations in northern New England.