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Grocers, producers, and especially consumers are all reaping the rewards of more consistent organic produce.

By selling previously viewed video and DVD titles that the big-box retailers don't carry, grocers can turn the category into a high-margin profit center.

BEIJING - Europe's biggest fresh food supermarket operator, Champion, introduced a new form of business here yesterday with the opening of its first Asian outlet, according to China Daily.

NEW YORK - Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit yesterday on mediocre sales, and the Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocery chain announced it will streamline its operations by closing 156 stores, a strategy which will affect 10 percent of its work force, according to Reuters.

NEW YORK - The Orthodox Union has announced it will honor Wakefern Food Corportation and the Campbell Soup Company at its 106th Anniversary National Dinner on May 16 at the New York Marriot Marquis Hotel.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway Inc. today announced the appointment of Brian C. Cornell as the company's new executive vice president, chief marketing officer. Cornell, 45, will oversee the company's marketing, merchandising, manufacturing and distribution.

MADISON, Wis. - Two men who say they were deceived into thinking they were buying wild salmon when they were really getting farm-raised fish have filed separate but similar lawsuits in Dane County Circuit Court, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European countries began enforcing the world's strictest rules on labeling genetically modified foods Sunday, The Oregonian reports.