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  • Hormel Acquires Arriba Foods

    AUSTIN, Minn. -- Hormel Foods Corp. has acquired Arriba Foods, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of Mexican food products, for $47 million in cash. The company was purchased from Chicago- based Arbor Private Investment Co.

  • NONFOODS: Big developments

    Retail digital-photo processing is finally stealing ground from at-home printing -- but the competitive picture keeps changing.

  • FRESH FOOD: Special delivery

    Smart operators are pulling out all the stops to offer catering programs, cooking classes, and other tactics to excite shoppers and sell more perishables.

  • Redner's Aims to Order Smarter With New System

    REDDING, Pa. ¿ Redner's Warehouse Markets plans to implement a store forecasting and ordering solution next month to increase order efficiency and reduce out of stocks at its stores.

  • Tree of Life Forms New East Region

    ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Specialty distributor and marketer Tree of Life, Inc. is in the final stages of its reorganization and is introducing new service capabilities that it said will enhance its position as a "superior source of supply" for organic, natural, and specialty food products throughout North America.

  • Cornell University Announces the 40th Annual Food Executive Program

    ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell Food Executive Program, known as the food industry's premier executive training program, is set to take place July 11 to July 22 on the Cornell University campus here, the program's organizers said yesterday.

  • Grocers Get Awards at FMI Midwinter Conference

    WASHINGTON -- In appreciation of their exceptional service to the community, consumers and the industry, Jack Brown, chairman and c.e.o. of Colton, Calif.-based Stater Brothers Markets, and William J. Grize, president and c.e.o. of Qunicy, Mass.-based Ahold USA, were awarded the Sydney R. Rabb Award. Food Marketing Institute Board Chair Liz Minyard presented the awards during FMI's 2005 Midwinter Executive Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.

  • GMA Names New Board Members

    WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers of America welcomed four new members to its board of directors.

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