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  • NMI Reports 2005 Health & Wellness Product Sales at $79 Billion

    HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) said yesterday that retail sales in the U.S. consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry reached $79 billion in 2005, accounting for total growth of 15 percent over 2004.
  • TECHNOLOGY: Cards on the table

    Retailers at a PG roundtable debate the pros and cons of loyalty programs.
  • NONFOODS: Natural HBC: Gone green

    Natural and organic personal care items are a large part of Natural Products Expo West this year.
  • Penn Traffic's P&C Banner to Return to New York's Mohawk Valley

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- After emerging a second time from the shadow of bankruptcy, the Penn Traffic Co., based here, appears to be re-establishing itself in New York's Mohawk Valley by opening a P&C in a 50,000-square-foot former Tops Market in Rome, N.Y.
  • Hannaford Opens 50th Unit in Maine

    SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy, based here, will open its 50th store in its home state on Saturday, March 4. The 36,000-square-foot location, in Bridgton, will feature the chain's usual complement of service-oriented fresh departments and other amenities.
  • Growing Numbers Seek Emergency Food Help Each Year: Report

    CHICAGO -- More than 25 million Americans -- including nearly 9 million children and 3 million seniors -- receive emergency food assistance each year from America's Second Harvest-The Nation's Food Bank Network, representing an 8 percent increase since 2001, according to a new report sponsored by Altria, parent company of Kraft Foods.
  • Trader Joe's Leases Two Atlanta-area Stores: Report

    MONROVIA, Calif. -- It's apparently official: Trader Joe's, based here, is entering the Atlanta market via two leased stores in Midtown and Sandy Springs. It would be the retailer's southernmost territory to date.
  • Giant-Landover Selling Dairy Plant to Co-op

    LANDOVER, Md. -- Giant Food, LLC said late last week that would sell its dairy operation and processing plant here to the Reston, Va.-based Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative for an undisclosed sum. The cooperative, which has provided all of the facility's raw milk for over 30 years, will buy the plant and 11 surrounding acres on March 25.
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