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Bill's Fresh Markets is a plucky family-owned company that's managed to find success on the Bentonville behemoth's home turf.

With coffee, doughnuts, and strong sales, branded in-store cafes are becoming integral top destination-oriented retailing.

With even icon Wonder Bread entering the healthy lifestyle arena, now nobody's got an excuse for avoiding whole grains.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Denny Werner of Arden Hills, Minn., was awarded the grand prize for his grocery-bag artwork in Cub Foods' "Create Your Community Contest" held at the Silver Lake Cub Foods store in St. Anthony, Minn., June 28.

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Publix is not the only grocer giving the Hispanic segment of its shoppers a store to call their own. Pro & Sons Ranch Market yesterday celebrated the grand opening of its latest Hispanic specialty prototype here, a 103,140-square-foot Phoenix Ranch Market.

WASHINGTON -- Dairy industry representatives leapt to the defense of the safety and security of the nation's milk supply yesterday, in the wake of a study published by the National Academy of Sciences suggesting that the industry is vulnerable to terrorist attacks, detailing how the milk supply is vulnerable, and theorizing that hundreds of thousands of citizens could be poisoned.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- It's a good thing for Wal-Mart that people have to eat. The latest figures from ACNielsen's Wal-Mart Channel Service for the 52-weeks ended May 14, show that growth in food and beverage sales more than offset an actual decline in sales of UPC-coded general merchandise at Wal-Mart supercenters and discount stores over the past year.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- St. Louis consumers definitely want their Dierbergs TV.