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Next Year to Be a Busy One for CPG Companies, With New Trends on the Horizon
NAPLES, N.Y. -- This was a year of transition for many packaged goods marketers, paving the way for an extremely active year for new products in 2006, according to global business information provider Datamonitor. New packaged goods rollouts in the United States are up 6.5 percent from last year, though Oct. 31, 2005, as the end of low-carbmania has allowed other health-and-wellness-related trends to take hold. -
Dollar General to Open 30 Food-heavy Markets in '06
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. -- Discount retailer Dollar General Corp. here said yesterday it plans to open 30 more Dollar General Markets -- its experimental concept that's 50 percent grocery and includes meat, deli, dairy, baked, and frozen foods -- in fiscal 2006.