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MyWebGrocer this week launched a customized Facebook application in 21 countries for premium ice cream manufacturer, Ben & Jerry’s. The custom Facebook application provides Ben & Jerry’s 900,000 Facebook Fans with enhanced lines of communication from manufacturer to consumer and consumer to manufacturer.

Consumers worried about packing on the pounds during barbecue season now have a tasty low-fat alternative to beef burgers: Chicken Grillables from Portland Maine-based frozen food manufacturer Barber Foods.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based independent Green Hills launched a new shopper loyalty software platform to enhance its targeted marketing efforts.

A recent poll of grocers found that bulk foods have jumped in sales volume about 10 percent over the past 12 months. Further, organic foods, one of the mainstays of the bulk food category, have seen double-digit sales growth for several years, while total U.S. food sales have been growing in the range of just 2 percent to 4 percent annually.

Jeff Noddle, chairman of the board and outgoing CEO of Supervalu, Inc., and Robert E. Rich Jr., chairman of Rich Products Corp. will be recipients of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) 2009 Hall of Achievement Award.

With more than 25 local growers signed on to supply St. Louis-based Schnucks Markets, Inc. with farm-fresh produce, the regional retailer is gearing up for a major homegrown produce push that will showcase products from some of the best farms in the Midwest.

Rapid advancements in network surveillance technology, as well as reduced hardware price points, will drive worldwide surveillance/monitoring camera shipments from 9.3 million in 2007 to 26.5 million in 2013, according to new research from IDC.

A recent Progressive Grocer Economic Pulse survey of 91 grocery retailers on the current state of business their business has that, despite the down economy, 44.4 percent projected that second-quarter 2009 sales would be above last year’s.