Nonfoods

A six-month study says supermarkets are selling themselves short at checkout--by as much as $2 billion.

A far-reaching philosophy of interdependence has made Whole Foods a lifestyle brand for its upscale shoppers.

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.

MELVILLE, N.Y. - The Hain Celestial Group and Cargill Health & Food Technologies have announced plans to jointly develop new food and beverages to further accelerate growth in the functional foods and beverages categories.

NEW YORK - J.P. Morgan Partners has teamed with C. Dean Metropoulos to buy the Aurora Foods Inc. and Bakery Chef firms.

CHICAGO -- As the fate of Dominick's hangs in the balance, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union is alleging that its corporate owner, Safeway, did not give union-friendly Yucaipa Companies LLC a fair crack at buying 113 Chicago-area Dominick's grocery stores, Knight-Ridder's Tribune Business News service reports.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.-- The Associated Food Dealers of Michigan -- the voice of Michigan's food and beverage industry, representing nearly 3,000 retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers -- is calling for $75 million in disaster relief for Michigan's retail food industry in the wake of the recent power outages in the East and Midwest.

NEW YORK - Supermarkets across the Midwest and Northeast United States were forced to throw away mountains of spoiled vegetables, meats and dairy products due to the largest power outage in North America's history that began on Thursday.