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  • Whitewash, not White Paper

    LANSING, Mich.-- Leaders of two Michigan retailer groups called a white paper issued by Attorney General Jennifer Granholm a "slap in the face to the retail industry."

  • Manufacturers Approve of Organic Labeling

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers of America today endorsed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's national organic program as a way to provide consumers with accurate labeling information about organic foods and ingredients.

  • Farm Fresh offers irradiated ground beef

    HAMPTON ROADS, Va.--Supervalu's Farm Fresh supermarkets unit in Virginia has become the latest chain to offer irradiated ground beef processed with SureBeam Corp.'s electron beam technology, SureBeam said.

  • Penn Traffic Taps Broomfield to Head Retail Operations

    SYRACUSE, N.Y -- The Penn Traffic Company hired industry veteran Mike Broomfield as its senior v.p. of retail stores. He will be responsible for the operations and financial results of all 216 Penn Traffic supermarkets in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

  • Poll Shows Half of Americans Bought Organics

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Some 55 percent of Americans have tried organic foods and 87 percent of regular organics buyers rate them as being of higher quality. Those are the findings of a just-released nationwide survey commissioned by Whole Foods Market, a natural and organic foods supermarket chain based here.

  • A&P Quarterly Loss Tops $3 Per Share

    MONTVALE, N.J., Oct 18 - The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. reported a net loss of $144.7 million, or $3.76 a share, in the most recent quarter compared with a net loss of only $1.7 million, or 5 cents a share, a year earlier.

  • Looming Water Crisis Threatens Food Supplies

    WASHINGTON, DC - Water scarcity could leave millions of people without access to clean water or adequate food, warns a new report released in conjunction with World Food Day 2002, the Environment News Service reports.

  • Price Chopper to Sell Irradiated Ground Beef

    SAN DIEGO - Northeast retailer Price Chopper is the latest supermarket to sign on with SureBeam Corporation to offer shoppers irradiated ground beef. Hy-Vee just announced that it will sell the products throughout the Midwest.

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