Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -Nonfoods and health and wellness trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) yesterday said it nominated Karen Bakewell, director of GM/HBC merchandising for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores, Inc. to its board of directors.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cirelli Foods here, New England's largest family-owned broadline foodservice distributor, said it has made several promotions and additions to its team.

NEWARK, Del. - Members of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here can license the newly-expanded "Be Food Safe" consumer food-safety education campaign free for one year, thanks to an agreement between PMA and the nonprofit Partnership for Food Safety Education.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cirelli Foods here, New England's largest family-owned broadline foodservice distributor, said it has made several promotions and additions to its team.

NEW YORK -- The retail industry will become more segmented and customer-driven by the year 2015, predicts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Retail & Consumer Industry Practice and TNS Retail Forward in a new report released yesterday.ing its service area to include municipalities throughout New England

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -Nonfoods and health and wellness trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) yesterday said it nominated Karen Bakewell, director of GM/HBC merchandising for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores, Inc. to its board of directors.

SEATTLE - Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is the target of a lawsuit by a family here claiming its two children suffered E. coli infections after eating the supplier's ground beef patties.

SEATTLE - Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is the target of a lawsuit by a family here claiming its two children suffered E. coli infections after eating the supplier's ground beef patties.