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  • 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.

  • Fancy Food Show Reflects the Healthy Side of Gourmet

    NEW YORK -- The hundreds of booths comprising the just ended 51st Fancy Food Show here, did not only represent the broad selection of specialty foods now available, but also the specialty industry's response to Americans' evolving focus on consuming healthier foods.

  • United Natural Foods Acquires Roots & Fruits, Gives Healthy '06 Outlook

    DAYVILLE, Conn. -- Albert's Organics, Inc., a subsidiary of natural foods and supplements distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) has completed the acquisition of Roots & Fruits Cooperative, a Minnesota-based organic wholesale distributor of fresh produce and other perishables.

  • Tampering Scare Hits Stores in Town Near Phoenix

    SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A mentally unstable man arrested earlier this week here for the possession of three pipe bombs told police he tampered with baby food products and returned them to local retailers, alarming area consumers and retailers in the area in what might turn out to have been a costly hoax.

  • 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.

  • GMA Changes Name, Releases Logistics Benchmark Study

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In aiming to more accurately reflect the scope and function of its mission, the Grocery Manufacturers of America has changed its name to the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

  • Mollie Stone's Markets Voted NoCal's Best Grocer for Kosher

    MILL VALLEY, Calif. -- Readers of "J The Jewish News Weekly" chose Mollie Stone's Markets as best grocery store with a kosher section, in a recent reader's poll.

  • Multichain Produce Cross-Promotion Music to Shoppers' Ears

    REEDLEY, Calif. -- A&P, Safeway/Vons, Food City, Cub Foods, Hannaford; and Kroger and several of its subsidiaries are participating in a unique promotion from the California Tree Fruit Agreement here and Fresh Express, in which shoppers can download music from iTunes Music Store for free.

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