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  • Associated Grocers, C&S, Spartan Contribute to Tsunami Disaster Relief Effort

    Amid a rising death toll from last month's Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that rose toward a quarter of a million this week, the U.S. supermarket industry continues to step up with much needed relief funds to bring relief to those stricken by the recent disaster.

  • Stater Bros. to Sponsor NASCAR Race in 2005

    COLTON, Calif. -- A letter of intent has been entered into by Stater Bros. and its partners, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, and Tropicana, to sponsor the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif. on Saturday, Feb. 26. The sponsorship agreement will run through 2009.

  • Stater Bros. to Sponsor NASCAR Race in 2005

    COLTON, Calif. -- A letter of intent has been entered into by Stater Bros. and its partners, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, and Tropicana, to sponsor the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif. on Saturday, Feb. 26. The sponsorship agreement will run through 2009.

  • Wal-Mart Buys Ad to Tell "Unfiltered Truth" About Labor Practices

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- In full-page ads published in more than 100 newspapers across the country, Wal-Mart c.e.o. H. Lee Scott said yesterday it was time for the public to hear the "unfiltered truth" about Wal-Mart, and time for the company to stand up on behalf of a workforce that includes 1.2 million Americans.

  • Tsunami Relief Roundup

    Colton, Calif.-based Stater Bros. Markets has launched an in-store fundraising program to support the South Asia tsunami relief effort by the American Red Cross.

  • New Dietary Guidelines Well-received by Industry

    WASHINGTON -- Industry trade groups said yesterday they were pleased for the most part with the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the recommendations for healthier eating that have been widely anticipated by the food industry in light of the attention placed on the country's obesity epidemic in the last several years.

  • GMA Refutes Need for Consumer Advocate¿s Food Guidelines

    Washington, D.C. ¿ In response to the Center for Science in the Public Interest¿s (CSPI) call earlier this week for restrictions on consumers¿ food choices, the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) labeled the consumer group¿s recommendations as unecessary.

  • CSPI to Call for Nutrition Standards, Curbs on Certain Marketing Techniques

    WASHINGTON ¿ The Center for Science in the Public Interest has released new Guidelines for Responsible Food Marketing to Children, which it will call on food manufacturers, broadcasters, restaurants, movie studios, and others to adopt.

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