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  • FTC, HHS Report Commends Industry Actions on Obesity, Wants More

    WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services yesterday released a report recommending concrete steps that industry can take to change their marketing and other practices to make progress against childhood obesity. The Grocery Manufacturers of America praised the guidelines, but noted that many food companies are already taking steps in the right direction.
  • Sun Pacific Names New Marketing VP

    Los Angeles, Calif. -- Tristan Kieva has joined Sun Pacific here -- as its new v.p. of marketing. Having worked for a retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer and now a grower/shipper, Kieva's career in produce marketing spans 16 years of working within all different aspects of the produce business.
  • Wegmans Rolls Out Own-brand Organic Milk

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. here introduced its own brand of organic milk late last month, making it one of the first retailers in the United States to offer shoppers pasteurized fresh organic milk under its own label.
  • FEATURE: Marketing: Consumer connections

    Marketing strategies are simultaneously becoming more high-tech and customer-focused, which might be the perfect formula to reach 21st century shoppers.
  • Ingles Markets Posts Higher Sales and Profits in Q2

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Southeastern chain Ingles Markets, Inc. said late last week that its net income jumped 72.5 percent to $9.4 million for the three months of its second quarter. Net sales were up 8.9 percent, while comparable store sales grew a healthy 8.0 percent.
  • GMA, FPA Plan to Merge

    WASHINGTON -- The board of directors of the Food Products Association (FPA) and the executive committee of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said Friday that they have agreed in principle to merge the two organizations as of Jan. 1, 2007.
  • GROCERY: Peanut Butter: Spread the word

    Once strictly kid stuff, peanut butter is now positioning itself, through health-conscious and gourmet products, as a grown-up food.
  • SEC Settles Claims with Ingles

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ingles Markets, Inc. here said yesterday it has reached a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over accounting fraud charges. Ingles did not admit or deny the SEC's allegations, but consented to the entry of injunctions against future violations of certain provisions of federal securities laws.
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