Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

EDMONTON, Ontario, Canada - Natural and organic products company Planet Organic Health Corp. yesterday appointed Brent Knudsen, a financial mover and shaker and an ex- club warehouse retailer, to its board of directors.

EDMONTON, Ontario, Canada - Natural and organic products company Planet Organic Health Corp. yesterday appointed Brent Knudsen, a financial mover and shaker and an ex- club warehouse retailer, to its board of directors.

CHICAGO - Takeout sales at casual-dining chains have grown at an annual rate of nearly 10 percent over the last three years, almost twice the pace of overall industry sales growth, according to results of a new study by Technomic Inc. here.

CHICAGO - Takeout sales at casual-dining chains have grown at an annual rate of nearly 10 percent over the last three years, almost twice the pace of overall industry sales growth, according to results of a new study by Technomic Inc. here.

COLOGNE -- Food and beverage manufacturers across the globe are gearing up for the special "Taste" innovation competition to be held during Anuga, one of the largest food trade shows in the world, here in October.

COLTON, Calif. - Stater Bros. Holdings Inc. here said yesterday its Stater Bros. Markets subsidiary earned a sales increase of close to 3 percent and a like-store sales gain of under 2 percent for the latest quarter ended June 24, 2007.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Food Marketing Institute here has come out in support of the Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act (S. 1951), which was introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), together with co-sponsors Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Trent Lott (R-MS), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ken Salazar (D-CO), and Gordon Smith (R-OR).

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Food Marketing Institute here has come out in support of the Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act (S. 1951), which was introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), together with co-sponsors Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Trent Lott (R-MS), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ken Salazar (D-CO), and Gordon Smith (R-OR).