Nonfoods

SAN FRANCISCO -- Besieged by Jewish protesters, San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery backed away from a partial boycott of Israeli-made goods Sunday, ending the dispute but leaving many of the demonstrators still seething.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Besieged by Jewish protesters, San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery backed away from a partial boycott of Israeli-made goods Sunday, ending the dispute but leaving many of the demonstrators still seething.

Danbury, CT - Bristol technology Inc., a developer of software solutions that empower corporations to capture, analyze, and profit from transactional information, today announced a partnership with Market Performance Group (MPG), a management consulting firm providing Consumer Packaged Goods suppliers and retailers with practical programs targeted at improving market performance.

WASHINGTON -- Food makers may advertise "qualified" descriptions of the health benefits of their products now that the Food and Drug Administration has loosened a requirement requiring scientific consensus on such claims.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Del Monte Foods Company today reiterated that Fresh Del Monte Produce and Del Monte Foods Company are not affiliated.

NEW YORK - McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, warned Tuesday it would post its first-ever quarterly as it deals with intense competition and deteriorating sales, Reuters reports.

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Consumers concerned about the quality and purity of vitamins and other dietary supplements can now look for the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) new DSVP certification mark on product packaging.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Winn-Dixie is launching a Baby Rewards Club that allows enrolled shoppers to receive discounts on merchandise, entries into sweepstakes and other special offers and incentives.