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CHICAGO - Information Resources Inc., a provider of content and analytic services to the consumer packaged goods, retail, and healthcare industries, and Costco Wholesale have announced plans to test the Costco Collaborative Retail Exchange (CRX) program.

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Wakefern Food Corporation, Kraft Foods and Advantage Sales & Marketing Company were named winners of this year's Consumer 360 awards, co-sponsored by three VNU Business Media magazines, including Progressive Grocer.

WASHINGTON - The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) applauded the Maryland General Assembly for rejecting a proposal to impose a $16 million snack tax on state residents.

MINNEAPOLIS - Supervalu announced on Thursday that it has introduced its SVHarbor Internet-based business portal to its more than 1,500 manufacturer and broker partners.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. yesterday honored 80 companies as Outstanding Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) for 2003.

RICHMOND, Va. - Johnny Johnson, operator of a chain of inner-city supermarkets here, has charged in a lawsuit that heavy-handed tactics and deception by grocery supplier Supervalu, Inc. have had an adverse effect on his business and health, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Grocers and the meat industry are taking substantive steps to maintain consumer trust in a post-BSE world.

Bottled water continues to ride an unquenchable popularity wave, with no crest in sight.