Nonfoods

FORT WORTH, Texas - Marketing Management Inc., an agent for suppliers nationwide for store brand products, said Thursday that it had received a complaint filed in federal court in Virginia from Ahold USA Holdings Inc.

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of respondents (49 percent) to a new survey by the Grocery Manufacturers of America said a familiar brand name was the first or second most important element when making a purchase in the supermarket.

MIAMI - Farm Stores Grocery Inc., the nation's largest drive-thru grocery, has completed the conversion of its 43 Miami-Dade stores to Express Markets.

NEW YORK - PepsiCo Inc. today announced several management changes that follow the creation earlier this week of a new division combining Pepsi-Cola, Gatorade, Tropicana and Quaker Foods in the U.S. and Canada, The Associated Press reports.

DALLAS - Fleming on Thursday announced the company has been selected by Produce Warehouse Inc. to supply five supermarkets that serve central Long Island and Queens, N.Y.

SAN FRANCISCO - An activist group called the GE-Free Markets Coalition and regional anti-GE food groups are organizing "the National Day of Action" on June 8 as part of a multi-year campaign to get GE foods out of grocery stores.

PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo Inc. said it will unite all of its North American beverage operations, including Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade, in a new division led by one of its most senior beverage executives.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix Super Markets Inc. has launched a Web site to support its purchasing and reverse auction program.