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WASHINGTON - Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for global trade-building projects.

'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em' is the cereal category's modus operandi in the face of the low-carb movement.

NEW YORK - Coinciding with the seventh annual National Coupon Month (September), the Promotion Marketing Association (PMA) Coupon Council released 2003 coupon distribution and usage data that showed manufacturers offered more than $250 billion in coupons in 2003, resulting in $3 billion in consumer savings.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Although an increasing number of retailers are adopting price optimization solutions, and these tools are evolving from standalone solutions to those integrated with supply chain offerings, a Forrester study revealed that pricing optimization is still an emerging, fragmented market, with no leader across all pricing functions.

At Bloom, Food Lion's new concept for the future, putting customers first means turning several retail rules upside down.

How Supervalu developed an improved retail execution program.

CHICAGO - Recent consumer research, media reports, and food industry watchers have been questioning the longevity of the low-carb trend, but new sales data reported in Information Resources, Inc.'s latest Times & Trends report, "Carb-Cutting Shoppers," suggest that the popularity of cutting carbs has not yet waned.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. of Kansas City (AWG) had successfully gone live with AquiTec's Procurement solutions in its newly acquired Memphis division.