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TROY, Mich. - Kmart Corporation on Monday unveiled Urban Direct, a new entertainment and lifestyle newspaper supplement considered a key element of Kmart's multicultural marketing strategy.

Among 8- to 10-year-olds, center store products that market directly to kids are the "coolest." But such fame can be fleeting.

NEW YORK - Tasty Baking Co., maker of Tastykake doughnuts, fruit pies and cookies, has named as its new CFO David S. Marberger, the former VP of finance for Campbell Soup Co.'s food and beverage division.

WASHINGTON - The backers of the 5 A Day for Better Health program, which advocates produce consumption, is at odds with the dairy industry over a new 3-A-Day for Stronger Bones campaign the diary group is launching this month, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reports.

A flood of new variations is turning a fluid commodity into a chic beverage, and increased consumer demand has made for a crowded dairy case.

WASHINGTON - More than 60 percent of American shoppers believe that organic foods are better for their health, but many of them remain confused about genetically modified foods, according to a new study released by FMI and Prevention magazine.

LOS ANGELES - By working with multiple local food companies, leading convenience retailer 7-Eleven Inc. is ready to offer fresh-made-daily and fresh-delivered-daily pastries, sandwiches, salads, entrees, sushi, fresh-squeezed juices, dairy products and produce to customers in its Southern California stores.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Hain Celestial Group Inc., the maker of natural foods such as Terra Chips vegetable snacks, said on Monday it has acquired privately held non-dairy beverage company Imagine Foods Inc.