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  • Massachusetts DEP, Trade Group Sign Recycling Pact

    BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the Massachusetts Food Association (MFA) have signed a memorandum of understanding designed to encourage food retailers throughout the state to step up their recycling activities, especially in the composting of such items as spoiled fruits and vegetables, floral and deli waste, and waxed cardboard.

  • Wild Oats Places 2nd Health Center in Stop & Shop; Plans 3 More

    BOULDER, Co. -- Natural and organic foods retailer Wild Oats Markets, Inc. here yesterday opened its second store-within-a-store boutique in a store operated by Ahold's Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop chain. The Wild Oats branded shop, in a store in Fairfield, Conn., is the second of five planned Holistic Health test stores in Stop & Shop units in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

  • Connecticut Food Association, Manufacturers to Launch Specialty Foods Web Site

    FARMINGTON, Conn. -- The Connecticut Food Association (CFA) and West Hartford-based Wittman Specialty Foods have teamed up to launch the Connecticut Food Trail, described as "the gateway to New England's finest specialty foods," at www.ctfoodtrail.com. The site is scheduled to go live in January.

  • 7-Eleven Launches Private Label Functional Foods

    DALLAS -- Betting that the appeal of nutraceuticals will grow, leading convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Inc. here is by launching Formula 7, a proprietary line of functional foods and beverages.

  • Busch's Pilots Foodservice Management Application

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Privately held independent supermarket chain Busch's, which has serviced the southeastern Michigan market for the past 25 years, plans to tighten up its perishables inventory and labor, using foodservice management software in its produce departments.

  • Loblaws to Raise Funds for Cancer Support Program

    TORONTO -- Loblaw Cos., Ltd. will participate fundraising campaign starting next month, to help women deal with the appearance-related side effects of cancer and its treatment. The effort is in partnership with Canadian national cancer support program Look Good Feel Better.

  • Food Lion Boosting Fresh, Applying Other Tweaks to Bloom

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion asked, and Bloom shoppers have answered: We want more fresh foods.

  • Sheetz Debuts 'New Era Of Convenience' With Prototype

    DANVILLE, Pa.-- Pioneering convenience store operator Sheetz, Inc. proclaims it will raise the bar on convenience for residents here when it opens its new 6,000-square-foot store this Wednesday.

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