Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Shaw's Chooses Xign to Automate Accounts Payable
WATERLOO, Ont. -- RDM Corp.'s investee company, Xign Corporation, announced Wednesday that New England-based Shaw's Supermarkets has chosen the Xign Payment Services Network to automate its paper-based accounts payable processes.
GMA to Oppose European GI Proposal at WTO Meeting
WASHINGTON - The Grocery Manufacturers of America will stress the importance of lowering trade-distorting tariffs and subsidies, and caution against including non-trade concerns such as geographical indications in trade negotiations at the Fifth World Trade Organization Ministerial this week.

SPS Commerce Adds 10 Grocery Retailers to Network

St. Paul, Minn. -- SPS Commerce, a provider of hosted supply chain integration services for the retail industry, today announced continued growth in the grocery sector with the addition of 10 grocery retailers to its network during the third quarter of 2003.
Affiliated Foods C.E.O. to Retire

NORFOLK, Neb. -- After more than a half-century with Affiliated Foods Midwest, Virgil Froehlich, c.e.o., has announced his plans to retire effective Jan. 1, the Sioux City Journal reports.
FEATURE: Rethinking the front end

A six-month study says supermarkets are selling themselves short at checkout--by as much as $2 billion.
Supermarket NONFOODS Business: Saving face

Almost two dozen new face care products will leave consumers aglow this fall.
Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Make room for mushrooms

Once the cellar dwellars of the produce department, mushrooms are coming into their own as a stable, profitable category.
Supermarket GROCERY Business: Ethnic evolution

The Hispanic aisle continues to progress as manufacturers target the country's largest minority group.
COVER STORY: Doing what comes naturally

A far-reaching philosophy of interdependence has made Whole Foods a lifestyle brand for its upscale shoppers.
Hershey Foods Sells Some Gum Brands

HERSHEY, Pa., and ROUND LAKE, Minn. - Hershey Foods Corporation and Farley's & Sathers Candy Company Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of a group of Hershey's gum brands. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

Shaw's Chooses Xign to Automate Accounts Payable

GMA to Oppose European GI Proposal at WTO Meeting

SPS Commerce Adds 10 Grocery Retailers to Network

Affiliated Foods C.E.O. to Retire

FEATURE: Rethinking the front end

Supermarket NONFOODS Business: Saving face

Supermarket FRESH FOOD Business: Make room for mushrooms

Supermarket GROCERY Business: Ethnic evolution

COVER STORY: Doing what comes naturally

Hershey Foods Sells Some Gum Brands

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