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  • Campbell To Build $80M Plant for Fast Growing StockPot Division

    CAMDEN, N.J. -- Campbell Soup Co. disclosed plans to build a new $80 million, 220,000-square-foot culinary campus in Everett, Wash. for its fast-growing premium refrigerated soup business.
  • UFFVA Exceeds 2005 Membership Goal

    Washington, D.C. -- The United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association, based here, announced it has surpassed its 2005 membership goal of 150 new members as a result of new programs, the excitement and success of the United Produce Show at FMI, and the growing opportunities to change government policy to help children consume more fresh fruits and vegetables.
  • Asian Vendor Kahiki Opens Store at Site of New Plant

    GAHANNA, Ohio -- Kahiki Foods, Inc., a supplier of such products as appetizers, egg rolls, and sauces to large supermarket chains and club stores as well as foodservice operations in the United States and abroad, is officially opening both a new plant and retail outlet store today here. The plant, at 119,000 square feet over 14 acres, is one of the biggest Asian frozen food facilities in the United States.
  • GMA Calls for Strengthened Self-regulation of Kids Advertising

    WASHINGTON -- Self-regulation remains the best way to ensure marketing that fosters healthy children's lifestyles, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said on Friday during the second day of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Health and Human Services Public Workshop on Marketing, Self Regulation, and Childhood Obesity. However, the trade group issued several recommendations to the National Advertising Review Council and the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) to make self-regulation an "even more effective tool."
  • Natural/Organic E-tailer Seeks Independent Retail Customers

    LAFAYETTE, La. -- WellnessGrocer.com, an e-commerce company here, is extending its new direct-to-consumer service to independent retailers. The Web site, which went live in June, will seek to supply retailers with hard-to-find orders of organic, natural, and gourmet products that aren't always available in large distribution houses.
  • Supermarkets Casting for Sales on Harry Potter Book Release

    NEW YORK -- Stop & Shop, Publix, Meijer, and Kroger are among the supermarket operators conjuring up special events to promote tonight's release of the latest book in the hugely successful Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," by J.K. Rowling.
  • General Mills Unveils $35K 'Free For All' For In-Store Bakeries

    MINNEAPOLIS -- General Mills will give away $35,000 in products to a retail bakery operator in a recently launched "Free For All" Sweepstakes that will award a $25,000 grand prize plus a trip to the 2006 American Bakery Expo Trade Show to one winner, in addition to four $2,500 first prizes.
  • Manufacturers Making Strides in Better-for-You Products: GMA

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer packaged goods manufacturers are responding in a major way to an increasingly obese and more health-conscious nation, according to new survey data released here by the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
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