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  • Kroger to Introduce Sanitized Ready-to-Eat Fresh Produce
    HOUSTON - Houston-based food safety company Suntex Group Ltd. has inked a deal with The Kroger Co. to offer Suntex Clean fully sanitized, ready-to-eat fresh produce in all 125 Houston-area Kroger stores.

  • Lowes Foods to Re-Enter South Carolina
    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Lowes Foods, a regional supermarket chain based in Winston-Salem, N.C., reportedly is planning to open a store in South Carolina by next spring.

  • Cuba Gets First Shipment of U.S. Brand-name Food
    HAVANA - Cuban supermarkets on Sunday received the first shipment of U.S. brand-name food sold directly to the communist country since Washington imposed an embargo more than 40 years ago, Reuters reports.

  • Wegmans Debuts Fine Dining Restaurant
    ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester, N.Y.-based retailer Wegmans has opened a 114-seat fine dining restaurant featuring items such as pasta carbona, seared yellow fin tuna, jasmine rice tempura and ginger sesame dressing, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports.

  • Consumer Prices Rise 0.1 Percent
    WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices barely edged higher in July as a sharp drop in clothing prices helped temper rising food, energy and medical care costs, the government said today.

  • Farmers to Expand Soy Use with Edible Crayons
    ISTANBUL - U.S. farming groups are counting on new products such as edible crayons to make use of surplus soybean production and boost prices, Reuters reports.

  • N.Y. Firm Acquires Majority Stake in Annie's Homegrown
    BOSTON - In a move that reflects consumers' increasing interest in natural foods, a New York investment firm has acquired a majority interest in Annie's Homegrown Inc., the Wakefield, Mass.-based manufacturer of all-natural and organic pasta products.

  • Report: Wal-Mart Likely to Focus on Food, Other Strategies for Future Growth
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - In five years, Wal-Mart could be twice as big as it is today if it increases its market share in major categories such as food and apparel and newer areas such as gasoline, predicts global consulting and market research firm Retail Forward.

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