Nonfoods

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. yesterday honored 80 companies as Outstanding Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) for 2003.

CINCINNATI - The Procter & Gamble Co. on Thursday announced it is selling its Sunny Delight and Punica juice-based drink businesses for undisclosed terms to the private equity group J.W. Childs Associates of Boston.

A distributor's new strategy aims to lure Chinatown shoppers to conventional stores such as a New York-area A&P.

Enthusiastic participants have gained a lot more than fond memories from this year's NGA convention.

Grocers and the meat industry are taking substantive steps to maintain consumer trust in a post-BSE world.

Bottled water continues to ride an unquenchable popularity wave, with no crest in sight.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - When Albertsons announced last week it would acquire Shaw's Supermarkets in a stock purchase deal expected to take place in the next 30 to 45 days, both analysts and leaders of the labor union that represents about one-third of Shaw's work force were caught off guard, according to the Providence Journal in Rhode Island.

NORTHFIELD, Ill. - Kraft Foods, Inc., based here, yesterday bought Littleton, Mass.-based Veryfine Products, Inc., a juice maker that has been owned by the same family since 1900, according to published reports. Terms of the purchase weren't disclosed.